Paying Attention: Everything streams these days. Video. Headlines. Stock Prices. Music. Streaming is fast becoming what broadcasting was and is: a way to distribute content and information to the widest possible group of people effectively and efficiently. The technology behind streaming has become so good that typically the transmissions are seamless, without glitches or pauses. …
Monthly Archives: July 2015
The Most Important Article You Will Read in 2015: What is Code?
Paying Attention: From Bloomberg.com, here’s the link to Paul Ford’s amazingly interesting and totally necessary article: What is Code. The reality of the world we live in now and the world we will live in tomorrow and the future is that everything is increasingly controlled by software. Digital instruction will soon be embedded in almost …
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The Weekend Concert Series: Amy Winehouse, Glastonbury 2007
The Hunt For New Music: Amy Winehouse died on 23 July 2011. At the time of her death she has completed and released one terrific album (“Back in Black” ) and produced a series of searing, scintillating, musically-exciting concerts. As good as the recorded songs were, Amy Winehouse was such a force of nature, that the …
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Where have you been?
Paying Attention: Trailblazer is a new type of tool that enables you to track your browsing across the internet in 3D vs. a flat 2D list of sites visited. It’s designed to limit the numbers of tabs open on your browser at any one time, and to work as a tool to enable you to know not …
The Songs of Summer (1962-2014)
Press Clips: Summer time means summer songs (somehow, always the most memorable tunes). What were the top summer songs of years past? NPR has a created a list of the best songs of summer. Give it a listen.
Best SNL Opening Monlogues: Kevin Hart (date)
Paying Attention: SNL has brought a lot of humor (and comedians) to American culture. This post starts a series that honors the very best opening guest monologues on SNL. First up: Kevin Hart, with a classic from January 2015. The Fine Print: Embed via YouTube. Thanks to SNL for sharing. All rights reserved by …
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Wilde on overdressed..
“You can never be overdressed or over-educated…”
Under Armour Makes Its’ Move
Paying Attention: When Jordan Spieth came within a stroke of moving into a playoff for the The (British) Open Championship, most eyes were on the piece of history he was trying to make: become the first player since Ben Hogan to win three majors in a year (Hogan won the Masters, the U.S. Open and …
Under Armour Makes Its' Move
Paying Attention: When Jordan Spieth came within a stroke of moving into a playoff for the The (British) Open Championship, most eyes were on the piece of history he was trying to make: become the first player since Ben Hogan to win three majors in a year (Hogan won the Masters, the U.S. Open and …
The Weekend Concert Series: The Blues Brothers Live at Winterland, 1978
The Hunt for New Music. The Blues Brothers, a traditional blues/R&B/soul band, began as an comical/music act on Saturday Night Live, inspired by a meeting that John Belushi had with blues singer Curtis Salgado while Belushi was filming Animal House. In the faux-blues-band-turned-real-live-performers, Belushi performed as “Joliet Jake” Blues (Vocals) and Aykroyd was Elwood Blues(Backing …
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