Renaissance 2.0
Sandy Stewart was a backup singer for artists such as Stevie Nicks and finally got her chance to step up front and shine with a solo album which produced one of my favorite songs, “Saddest Victory”. She was also a gifted songwriter and it shows in this gem. My favorite part is the chorus itself,…
I’ve always been a fan of Adobe Air and all of the wonderful desktop applications that have been developed on that platform. Some of my favorites have been the twitter clients Twhirl and Tweetdeck. However, I’ve slowly become disillusioned by the whole concept of web services relying so much on desktop apps. It’s become more…
TwitterMASS is an interesting service that can help you build your Twitter network by automatically following everyone that uses a particular hashtag. For example, let’s say you want to follow everyone interested in South by SouthWest so you setup TwitterMASS to auto follow anyone that uses the #SXSW hashtag. The same is true with any…
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Despite many iterations of Windows, the desktop hasn’t changed that much over 20 plus years. There was the program manager in the Windows 3.x days then the “innovative” Windows 95 desktop with the now 14 year-old Start button. Windows XP and even the Windows 7 desktop haven’t taken the desktop much further. Sure, they’ve changed…
Everyone that knows me knows that I’m a big American Idol fan but I also love the show “So You Think You Can Dance”. In many ways, SYTYCD is a better show than AI. One of my favorite routines came last season when Twitch & Kherington performed a memorable contemporary dance number to John Mayer’s…
Spider was a band from the 80s that only released two albums but they sure left an impression on me. Holly Knight, the legendary rock songwriter was in the band which explains the quality of their songs. She went on to write a slew of classics for artists such as Tina Turner, Rod Stewart, Pat…
SocialCast offers a free 10-user social networking platform for the enterprise. It includes a twitter-like micro-blogging service as well as a friendfeed-like aggregator for your social profiles on other services such as Facebook, delicious, youtube, etc. Yet Another Twitter for the Business? Yes, there are a slew of twitter clones for the enterprise available…
I’ve always loved The Records and their best song, “Starry Eyes” from 1979. I can’t believe it’s been 30 years! I was certain they were going to be the next big thing. Strange how things work out in music. They did achieve a level of success but nothing like I imagined they would. Here’s the…
I only recently heard “Second Chance” by Shinedown and I was blown away by it. I love the singer’s powerful voice and the song’s message that sometimes the best way to get a second chance in life is to say goodbye to those people, places or things that have been holding you back. It’s a…
Here’s a good one from Dog’s Eye View called “Everything Falls Apart”. It’s a fun song and music video talking about how things always get messed up and how we just have to pick up the pieces and put ‘em back together again. I like the part when he meets God on a subway train…