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The Cloud-Based Music Service Of My Dreams

These are exciting days for cloud-based music services. Amazon launched their Cloud Drive in March. Then Google rolled out the Google Music Beta at their I/O Developer Conference. And of course all signs point to Apple announcing iCloud or some similarly named cloud-based music service soon, perhaps in a couple weeks at its Worldwide Developer’s [...]

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Men Are From iPad, Women Are From Kindle

In the New York Times yesterday there was some interesting data from Forrester Research on men, women and e-readers. Generically speaking, the iPad and other tablets are men’s toys, while the Nook Color and other e-readers are more popular with women. According to data from Forrester Research, 56 percent of tablet owners are male, while [...]

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The Power Of The Humble Origin Myth

I’ve been reading David Byrne’s Bicycle Diaries, basically a compilation of blog posts ostensibly about his bicycling in cities around the world, but that jumps from his perambulating to thoughts about architecture, art and danger, the impact of city structures on their inhabitants, the Marcos mystique in The Philippines, bike lanes and basically anywhere else [...]

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