Saturday, August 29, 2009
Myspace, you're dead to me... Eeven in Alaska!
It's sad really. I met my wife on myspace, I put my band together on myspace and even made a considerable amount of money on deals fostered through relationships that started on myspace. But Myspace fell behind. It became bogged down with elndless self promotion from bands and web cam girl spam bots. And now as I sip Glacier Mint Tea in Kaladi Brothers in Downtown Anchorage, AK surrounded by bearded Alaskan Hipsters on their iPhones it becomes clear; Myspace, you're dead to me. Twitter and Facebook will most likely meet the same end but for now they're totally on top, Even in Alaska. (No offense to any Alaskan natives or transplants, I just realized everyone here has an iPhone and and not everyone voteed for Sarah Palin.)
Joe Shockley
Sent from my iPhone
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Pulling out the port of Skagway... Off to Glacier Bay!
We're leaving Skagway after a long day of taking a train to The Interior & B.C, Canada, walking a sky bridge and touring a gorgeous organic garden & cafe, plus hanging with some locals in downtown Skagway and drinking spruce ale high in Vitamin C! Great day! The next two days we're glacier teritory, no cell towers so we'll catch up in a few days!
Joe Shockley
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
A Whale of a Good time...
We saw 7 or 8 Humback whales today, it was truly awe inspiring. One of them breached 3 times out of the water... Even our tour guides were suprised. It was a really cook site. Of course my battery died it the good camera while trying to capture all of that so that sucked. All in all a great day!
Joe Shockley
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Monday, August 24, 2009
In Ketchikan, Alaska: zipplined for the 1st time this morning...
It was cold, wet & Awesome! We saw a black bear. We walked in the rain around town, met some cool locals and watched salmon do their thing heading upstream. Now it's time to warm up, dry off, grab lunch and maybe catch star trek at the ship theatre. Plenty of pictures to come. Next stop Juneau!
Joe Shockley
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Leave it to the Tech Guy to totally blank out & forget about AT&T not being in Canada.
And at $15.00 a MB using Rogers is not an Option! Fortunately WiFi is strong in our Hotel.
Joe Shockley
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Saturday, August 22, 2009
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009
It's a small and interconnected world out there...
So this morning I went to a customer who was referred to me by another customer of mine. He had a MacBook Pro and MacBook that had water damage and needed data recovered. No Problem, the drive's are still in pretty good shape. As I'm transferring data we get to talking. He's into music, me to. He's in to tech, Me to. He was a former CEO of AOL Canada... Um... I once had a song placed in a Nissan commercial? Doesn't quite match up, I know. He's Canadian, I'm going to Canada Tomorrow! We both read Bob Lefsetz! We both know some of the same people in the music industry. He's shifting out of the tech world and into the Music world; developing a Jam band and starting an All-in tech savvy management company, I'm shifting away from music (as a source of income) and more into the tech industry (as a source of income.) He dig's Drum and Bass, I made Drum and Bass. It goes on and on. None the less I get back to the office to enter his info in my address book and find a press release about him on line. The press release was written by the person who referred me to him. It sure is a small interconnected world at times. -Joe
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Apple’s New Data Center Likely to Focus on Cloud Computing
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/08/apple-cloud/# A 500,000 square foot data center? As the Investors would say, "What's the play here?" Or even better as Tom Waits would say in hushed raspy voice "What are they building in there?" I have no concrete info obviously, but my bet is on the expansion of MobileMe and the move of proccessing power and data storage for apps like iMovie, iPhoto and iWeb. More done in the cloud from where ever you are on what ever platform and device you're on. Maybe it's more simple than that. Maybe it's iDisks big enough to work with time machine and back up your entire system in the cloud. Or perhaps it's to offer spotify like services for both music and movies. On demand and subscription based? Someday we'll know for sure but for now it's back to "What are they Building in there!" -Joe
The Most dramatic PSA ever!: Car texting video too shocking for YouTube ((tags: PSA, Whoa!)
via tgdaily.com
Leave it to the Brits to come at yeah with a wrather compelling reason not to text while driving. WHOA!
Monday, August 17, 2009
TomTom navigation for iPhone 3G and 3GS arrives... But at a Hefty Price!
via engadget.com
I'm not quite sure why TomTom went with the massive price tag for this App, $99.99 US, especially since they want you to buy the additional car kit too! I could see $10-$20 for that App and then another $50-70 for the car kit, maybe even a $99.99 price point for the car kit, but at 1st glance I'm experiencing severe sticker shock!
-Joe
Impressive: Motorist gets a lift in Sturgeon Bay.
via jsonline.com
You've got to wonder what was going through the drivers head when she realized she was heading for a 45 degree angle.
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Creating a filemaker db from scratch for the 1st time, I now realize why instrumental music is so popular amongst programmers. ((tags:FMP, Tech, Music, Autechre
Right now Autechre is my friend. Yeesland!
These D&B church Rave videos just keep getting better...
via johntooker.com
You can't help but smile or smirk when you see these videos.
Friday, August 14, 2009
New Radiohead track leaked? - These Are My Twisted Words
Another new Radiohead song emerged last night, this time mysteriously on http://www.ateaseweb.com/2009/08/13/new-radiohead-track-leaked/
Rumors are swirling... Is it from a new EP, possible titled 'Wall of ice', is it from the New Moon Twilight soundtrack, or is it just Thom and Johnny messing about? Who knows! Is it any good? I say yes, but not great or polished. It's a bit of a trance really and a little sloppy, similar to 'In Rainbows' in one way and you can also hear some influence form the last Portishead record, so I guess there's a bit of Krautrock in it as well. Listen for your self.
Video:MP3:
These Are My Twisted Words by Radiohead
Download now or listen on posterous
These Are My Twisted Words.mp3 (12962 KB) Download now or listen on posterous
-Joe
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Those old cassette tapes are still good for something
I could probably make a couple hundred of these... I have boxes of old radio shows, local band tapes and even some Kansas that could be converted. I have no idea why I have a Kansas on cassette. :)
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