Archive for the 'internet' Category

Recent data put through the ringer by my collaborator Will Page are suggesting the hopes and dreams of the Long Tail may be farther from reality than many have hoped.
Essentially, by way of transaction data from a large digital music retailer that shall go nameless, the tail wagged as follows:
Roughly 80% of the available inventory [...]


Given the ongoing and at time spicy debate that surrounds the Long Tail, as presented by WIRED’s Chris Anderson, I believe its time we ask a very simple question:  Is “The Long Tail” a Theory or an Ideology?  If this question has already been asked, then consider this simply the time for me to ask [...]


So.  The Google comic made for the release of their browser is pretty nifty.  Clicking through each and every page in a browser however, is no real fun.  Therefore, I have pooled all of the images into a single PDF file.  I included the credits for this comic on the final page.  All rights involved [...]


Just a quick test of the iPhone app for WordPress.


A brief paper written by WIll Page (of MCPS-PRS Alliance, in the UK) and myself has been made publicly available.  The piece was meant to stir a larger discussion around alternative licensing structures rights societies might put to use, particularly in the context of new, music-related startups.  These startups usually (1) cannot afford the rates [...]