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Bí ullamh, iriseoiri óg
Thursday, March 20th, 2008I was a member of a scout group for most of my childhood and all of my teenage years, only leaving when I had to travel to England for study. You can learn a lot there on a practical and social level but one thing that’s easy to forget is the lesson that’s at the […]
On The Last Word to talk about digital downloads
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008I’ll be going onto The Last Word at around 5:20pm this evening to talk about digital downloads - all on the back of rumours about a new iTunes subscription model, not to mention Nine Inch Nails’ recent Ghosts I-IV release.
Tune in online, on the radio, on your TV or through whatever other device you can […]
On The Last Word this evening to talk about Photo Sharing
Thursday, March 13th, 2008I’ll be on The Last Word at around half 6 to talk about Photo Sharing sites - tune in online or on the radio/tv if you can!
What did Peev say next?
Monday, March 10th, 2008Carrying on from Saturday’s post about the Scotsman’s ‘Monster’ story, Roy Greenslade has picked up on the debate and put forward a few more arguments surrounding the issue.
The Scotsman and Peev’s defence is that, as a rule, what is on and off the record is defined from the outset and allowing someone to retrospectively go […]
On going off the record
Saturday, March 8th, 2008A post by Shane puts the spotlight on an interesting side-show to Samantha Power’s recent “monster” comments in relation to Hillary Clinton.
The Scotsman’s decision to run with a story based around an off-the-record comment raises some ethical questions about the entire meaning of those three words, and about a journalist’s obligation to pay attention to […]
Making money out of Ghosts
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008Having successfully downloaded and listened through Nine Inch Nails‘ ‘Ghosts I-IV‘ I’ve been thinking over the potential for the business model pursued by Reznor with this instrumental album.
There’s no doubt that selling digital downloads for $5 and CDs for $10 will attract a lot of interest from fans - as will the higher-end packages for […]
Firefox Firsts
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008This isn’t the kind of thing I normally do on the blog but what the hell, let’s see if this takes off (and passes some time).
When you start typing a web address into Firefox a list of addresses you’ve previously visited pops up to assist you, organised according to how often you visit them. (The […]
The experiment continues (Nine Inch Nails’ Ghosts I-IV)
Monday, March 3rd, 2008With various players involved in music trying different approaches to deal with the challenges of a changing industry landscape, news today shows that the experiment continues.
Completely out of the blue Trent Reznor self-released a new collection of his work, titled ‘Ghosts I-IV’, containing 36 tracks of completely new instrumental work. The business model works as […]
These people are scum
Saturday, March 1st, 2008Engadget posted earlier today about a tech-related prank played on a child by his family and I had to direct anyone reading here to it.
The basic set up was that an Xbox360 box was stuffed with shirts and wrapped up as a Christmas present. The child unwraps it on camera and instantly thinks he’s gotten […]
Falling Slowly is good to go
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008As Jim noted earlier, the “Falling Slowly Saga”, as I’ve just dubbed it now, is over.
I got this email response to a query I lodged with the Academy on Monday afternoon:
The Academy’s Music Branch Executive Committee has met and endorsed the validity of “Falling Slowly” as a nominated achievement. The committee relied on written […]
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