Reviewers always seem to test computer speakers by maxing out the volume knob. What the heck does that prove?
My friend Brian Johnson sent me this link, and it's right-on.
You may not have heard of the Flow Awards, because they didn't actually exist until just now, when I made them up. But I think they're needed: awards that recognize technology that supports creative flow, instead of disrupting it. I'm going to give the first one to Masterwriter songwriting software.
...Wait, no, try it again.
...OK, one more time.
...How about NOW????
...OK, Give it another shot.
...This time for sure.
...What other apps are you running?
...Do you have all the latest drivers?
...When was the last time you upgraded your motherboard?
...You're not using a KVM switch or something, are you?
This Game Design Theory book by Raph Koster kicks butt...but there's something Spooky going on!
An article about making free phone calls with an iPod led me to a site with downloadable telephone touch-tones. Then I found another use for them....
When a 9-year-old handed me an F’d up CD to fix, the astonishing malleability of digital music really hit home.
This is a good story, and it does two things relevant to my previous posts:
1. It illustrates how one might improve one's work by keeping an eye out for auspicious signs, and
2. It backs up my claim that "sometimes it's more important what you don't do than what you do."
It also puts Art before Profits, and as a bonus, it comes with a pretty song that you can listen to...DIGITALLY!
Digital Audio Essentials, O’Reilly’s “comprehensive guide to creating, recording, editing, and sharing music and other audio,” is out, and here’s a 20-page sample chapter you can put to use today.
The Manifatso:
In 1995, Team Fat signed this Declaration of Principles. It seems like a good way to launch a blog.
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