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In a recent study about Mobile Moms, BabyCenter found that becoming a mom is a trigger for embracing the mobile devices, which can be ironic as our mobility is mostly limited to moving between the kitchen and the all-purpose living room/nursery/home office/dining room. The study cites Morgan Stanley data that estimates 2011 will be the year where more smartphones and tablets will ship than notebooks and desktops. More than half of moms they surveyed said they purchased a smartphone as a direct result of becoming a mom. The camera became the most important usage for the phone, and apps to help keep herself organized and her kids entertained went from not needed to essential.
I'd say this is pretty spot on with a lot of my clients, friends and my wife. The iPhone is how Kristen (my wife) can stay on top of FaceBook happenings, work, news & gossip. She's snapping pictures & video of our little one daily and streaming Pandora, MOG and YouTube on the regular. And don't forgt Texting, Emailing and even making Phone Calls!
She still say's she'd like a laptop for those moments when Flash is needed or the small form factor hinders things like filling out forms or writing longer email messages.
But over all, the iPhone is her gateway to the world and I see this as a common theme with all of our friends that are relatively new moms. And I especially see it with with many of my clients who have become more dependent on their iPhone's then they are of their Desktops & Laptops.
Times they are a changing.
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Ain't that the truth.
Sometimes it's just better to let someone else specialize in their vertical and you specialize in yours.
Or not.
Catch it while you can. It's such a good show, fuck up's and all! I mean c'mon, They play all of 45:33! And that's when the band really hit their stride. Just amazing!
The whole show! LCD Soundsystem's very last show at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - 2011-04-02.
Set 1:
2:10 Dance Yrself Clean (with "I'm Not In Love" by 10cc intro)
12:40 Drunk Girls
17:09 I Can Change
23:45 Time To Get Away
28:16 Get Innocuous!
35:18 Daft Punk Is Playing At My House
41:45 Too Much Love
46:53 All My Friends
55:30 Tired (with "Heart of the Sunrise" by Yes snippet)
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Set 2:
45:33 Part One
45:33 Part Two (w/ Reggie Watts)
Sound of Silver
45:33 Part Four
45:33 Part Five (w/ Shit Robot)
45:33 Part Six
Freak Out/Starry Eyes
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Set 3:
1:54:39 Us v Them
2:04:00 North American Scum (with Arcade Fire)
2:11:45 Bye Bye Bayou (Alan Vega cover)
2:16:30 You Wanted A Hit
2:24:07 Tribulations
2:29:15 Movement
2:33:48 Yeah (Crass Version)
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Set 4:
2:45:30 Someone Great
2:53:06 Losing My Edge (With "Da Funk" by Daft Punk snippet)
3:03:36 Home
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Set 5:
3:15:53 All I Want
3:22:18 Jump Into the Fire (Harry Nilsson Cover)
3:30:30 New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down (with "Twin Peaks Theme" by Angelo Badalamenti intro)
2. Losing My Edge - LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
3. Someone Great - LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
4. Home - LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
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Accepting false limits
I will never be able to dunk a basketball.
This is beyond discussion.
Imagine, though, a co-worker who says, "I'll never be able to use a knife and fork. No, I have to use my hands."
Or a colleague who says, "I can't possibly learn Chinese. I'm not smart enough."
This is a mystery to me. A billion people have learned Chinese, and the failure rate for new kids is close to zero. If a well functioning adult puts in sufficient time and the effort, she''ll succeed.
The key to this disconnect is the unspoken part about time and effort and fear. I agree that you will never ship that product or close that sale or invent that device unless you put in the time and put in the effort and overcome the fear. But I don't accept for a minute that there's some sort of natural limit on your ability to do just about anything that involves creating and selling ideas.
This attitude gets me in trouble sometimes. Perhaps I shouldn't be pushing people who want something but have been taught not to push themselves. Somewhere along the way, it seems, I forgot that it's none of my business if people choose to accept what they've got, to forget their dreams and to not seek to help those around them achieve what matters to them.
Not sure if you'll forgive me, but no, I'm not going to believe that only a few people are permitted to be gatekeepers or creators or generous leaders. I have no intention of apologizing for believing in people, for insisting that we all use this moment and these assets to create some art and improve the world around us.
To do anything less than that is a crime.
- via: Seth Godin
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/sethsmainblog/~3/QC2zjxsRrzU/accepting-false-limits.html
Amen Brother!!!
With unemployment still high, companies in recent months have tried to camouflage price increases by selling their products in tiny and tinier packages. So far, the changes are most visible at the grocery store, where shoppers are paying the same amount, but getting less.
For Lisa Stauber, stretching her budget to feed her nine children in Houston often requires careful monitoring at the store. Recently, when she cooked her usual three boxes of pasta for a big family dinner, she was surprised by a smaller yield, and she began to suspect something was up.
“Whole wheat pasta had gone from 16 ounces to 13.25 ounces,” she said. “I bought three boxes and it wasn’t enough — that was a little embarrassing. I bought the same amount I always buy, I just didn’t realize it, because who reads the sizes all the time?”
Since we buy mostly fresh, organic fruits and veggies we're used to the fluctuation in price but lately the quantity of food vs. the cost has stood out a bit more. Especially when we buy a bag of chips, peanut butter or a can of chickpeas or black beans. Later in the article they point out how food company will add a scoop to a peanut butter container so that you get less peanut butter. I checked my peanut butter container and low and behold there's a indented scoop on the bottom. Sneaky.
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This weekend, Ember decided he wanted to start Yoga... Umm, I mean crawling. He'll be on the move in no time.
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Last night was rough! Ember kept us up most of the night, then to seek refuge I went to the couch... where I tossed and turned for the next 3 1/2 hours until my alarm went off.
So in the hopes of getting a little extra boost this morning I head into a Dunkin Doughnuts near my clients office in Boca. I'm stoked, I can almost taste that wonderfully bitter black coffee as I walk up to the door... But then horror strikes.
A makeshift sign hangs on the door...
"CASH ONLY! sorry."
Ugh. Of course I only have a $1.00 on me the day the credit card machine is down.
Feeling optimistic and perhaps slightly too exhausted to think clearly I proceed in anyways in hopes that maybe the machine will accept a debit transaction.
No dice.
Then something wonderful happens.
The manager proceeds to ask... "What did you want to order?"
A small black coffee I reply.
And then magically he returns with a small, steaming cup of black coffee and says "Don't worry about it, you can pay for it later."
What?
I can have it anyway?
Wait a minute... Is today some sort of holiday? Oh wait, today is a holiday!
My guess is they were handing out the drinks anyway just to keep the regulars happy but for a minute there I though to my self..."Wow, I must look like I really needed it!".
Maybe it was a little of both.
Needless to say I'm now sipping the finest free coffee and ready to take on the rest of the day.
Thank you Dunkin Doughnuts manager guy and Happy St. Patricks Day everybody!
The Borders next to my house announced they were going out of business and hung a massive STORE CLOSING sing on their 2nd Floor.
Found at my in-laws. "Great Games. Fast Internet."
Well now that's a matter of perspective isn't it.
With Rick Rubin Co-Producing along side Co-Producers & Co-Writers Paul "Phones" Epworth and Ryan "Apologize" Tedder you'd hope you'd be getting an edgy pop album... and the first two songs deliver on that promise, then the album quickly nose dives into pop blandness to only be subtly revived in the middle with the funk of "He Won't Go" and then sucked completely of all hope of recovery by the time you've reached the lifeless cover of The Cure's "Love Song" and the vanilla torch ballad and 2nd single "Someone Like You". Don't get me wrong I really like Adele's voice but with that lineup in the booth and at the mix desk I was hoping for more.
On "Rolling in the Deep" Adele & Paul Epworth (Producer of Cee-lo Green, Florence & The Machine, Bloc Party & The Rapture) delivers the goods with a solid, edgy pop number, dare I say a classic, something that you'd expect to come from a glossy version of Beth Ditto. Or maybe that's just what's lacking, I hear a similar vocal quality as Beth Ditto just minus the experience, attitude and "Soul".
"Rumor has it" comes stomping in as song number two and owes as much to Soul revival as it does Depeche Mode's "Personal Jesus". The slinky tune is filled with fantastic background vocal hooks and a smaltzy but effective breakdown and is produced by Ryan Tedder of One Republic and "Apologize" fame. He's produced & co-written for others including Beyonce, Leona Lewis and a bunch of other pop tarts you've already forgotten about, but really "Apologize" is his calling card.
The last song on "21" to catch my ear is "He Won't Go", Co-Written by Adele and Paul Epworth and produced by Rubin. This one barely made the cut, but as it hit the grove on the chorus it was undeniable. Like something from my early 80's top 40 radio listening youth, it takes me be back to something that I can't really articulate well, just to simply say it's something engrained on my DNA. Damn good groove.
Overall 3 out of 5 stars for the hopes that by her 3rd record she'll head in a more interesting direction and lay off the vanilla. Fingers Crossed.
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I love this house design by Yokohama based Level Architects for two reasons, Simplicity and Playfulness. How fun would it be to grow up in a house with a built in slide and Lighted bouncing ball courtyard. Plus the living area is so minimal, imagine how easy cleaning up after your kids would be. Very Cool! Of course, retiring in that house would probably be a nightmare. More pics here
So this will be a weird post...
I'm typically pretty gun-shy about posting about music I'm directly involved in, but I'm in a good mood so fuck it! ;) I just finished my initial listen of Radiohead's "The King of Limbs" and it's lead me back to one of my bands songs from 2006. Well the song is a few years older than that actually, it started out with just John and I messing around with a Rhodes piano and playing a bunch of different live drum loops into Pro Tools some time in 2002 after the implosion of our Drum & Bass group, New Republic. Nonetheless, the song was finished with Marqui Adora and made the cut for our White Buildings EP in 2006 (and re-released in 2007). ANYWAYS... It's my favorite song from Marqui Adora's catalog. We never played it live, we were too lazy for that, but it stands out, to me anyway, as one of the songs where we truly achieved something different. Yeah, John and I we're linstening to a lot of U.N.K.L.E.'s "Psyence Fiction" at the time but when it reached the finish line with Danny's wall of Vocals and John's swerving Bass lines and Anthemic Guitars it felt like the song reached a whole new place. No one else might see it that way, but to me "Everything That Makes No Sense" raised the bar a little higher for what we were capable of and how much harder we would have to work to top it (take note of the lack of our output over the past few years). So now you're saying "That's nice Joe, but what's that got to do with Radiohead?" Yes exactly. The drums. Being a drummer it's what I pick up on first when listening to music. On "The King of Limbs" the drums for nearly every song are comprised of live loops of Phil Selway, and Thom Yorke I suppose, playing rhythms on top of them selves. I can relate because I've done it, although with far less reverb.So this will be a weird post...
I'm typically pretty gun-shy about posting about music I'm directly involved in, but I'm in a good mood so fuck it! ;) I just finished my initial listen of Radiohead's "The King of Limbs" and it's lead me back to one of my bands songs from 2006. Well the song is a few years older than that actually, it started out with just John and I messing around with a Rhodes piano and playing a bunch of different live drum loops into Pro Tools some time in 2002 after the implosion of our Drum & Bass group, New Republic. Nonetheless, the song was finished with Marqui Adora and made the cut for our White Buildings EP in 2006 (and re-released in 2007). ANYWAYS... It's my favorite song from Marqui Adora's catalog. We never played it live, we were too lazy for that, but it stands out, to me anyway, as one of the songs where we truly achieved something different. Yeah, John and I we're linstening to a lot of U.N.K.L.E.'s "Psyence Fiction" at the time but when it reached the finish line with Danny's wall of Vocals and John's swerving Bass lines and Anthemic Guitars it felt like the song reached a whole new place. No one else might see it that way, but to me "Everything That Makes No Sense" raised the bar a little higher for what we were capable of and how much harder we would have to work to top it (take note of the lack of our output over the past few years). So now you're saying "That's nice Joe, but what's that got to do with Radiohead?" Yes exactly. The drums. Being a drummer it's what I pick up on first when listening to music. On "The King of Limbs" the drums for nearly every song are comprised of live loops of Phil Selway, and Thom Yorke I suppose, playing rhythms on top of them selves. I can relate because I've done it, although with far less reverb.Ember learns the alphabet and how to spin the wheel while daddy warms up a bottle.
Although the music model has changed in the last several years, one thing remains the same; the fans will choose what will be successful and what won't. This means that as a musician, trying to make a living, your main concern should be to make music that is honest and can connect with the listener. The reason it seams that less artists are making it these days, is because now every kid with a laptop thinks he's a musician; too many wannabes.
My good friend, musician and chef extraordinaire Danny Ashe, has written a few words about achieving success in music. Although what "success" is is different for every musician, the general idea for most musicians I talk to is to make a living from their art. And even the term "make a living" is rather vague, especially when talking to someone who makes $500.00 a week vs. someone who's easily pulling in $100,000.00 a week or more.
I know this to be true because I interact with people of both of the above income levels daily and everyone has a completely different idea of what success is and what a good living is. To some, being successful is being on tour, playing 200 shows a year to adoring fans, to others it's seeing their album in the number one spot in Billboard or on iTunes or maybe it's when they purchase that 2nd 10,000 square foot home and are prepping to launch their new clothing line... which has a lot to do with music of course. ;) For many though success is just learning a few chords so they can play in the garage with their friends on the weekends or learn how to write their own songs.
Everyone has a different goal in mind, but the way you get their is all the same. You have to be good, you must have something to say that's honest or at the very least interesting and you have to keep working at it. And really the that last bit is the most important. You have to keep at it. That simple step will make you a better player/writer/etc. but will also give you the time to have something to say lyrically, musically or both.
So whatever your goal in music is, keep at it! Unless your goal is to have a couple of 10,000 Sqft. homes spread across the globe, then I'd suggest you consider getting your MBA and start chasing those short term profit opportunities and supersized bonuses. You'll get there much faster.
The Jump 'N Jive is Embers current favorite activity. He's a little subdued in this clip but I'll catch him again when he's more active.
I've been chomping at the bit for this record, due out in just a few more weeks! Stoked!
"You know, at least when Steve Jobs gets people all excited and everyone is applauding after every couple of sentences he then releases a product!"
Said in regards to the opening few minutes of The State Of The Union address.
Brutal, but true.
I love my wife.
Very sweet and dry wine. Yum!
A welcomed cheat to my uber restrictive rosacea diet. Tomorrow it's back to nothing but water.
The act of wishing someone 'happy birthday' in Facebook wall post (actually knowing the person IRL is optional)past tense: wall'd him/her an hb
If I'm online, and it's your birthday, odds are that I will wall an hb***
Person 1: Did you wish Tim a happy birthday?
Person 2: Yes... I wall'd him an hb
Appropriate for today! :)
