The Rite of Writing Right
It was a recent headline that started my mourning period for writing. Continue Reading
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A Pirate’s Life for Me?
LifeHacker asked a very intriguing question today of its readers: What Would it Take For You to Stop Pirating? There’s no getting around the fact that its a steep slope for content providers. For those willing to torrent, the crowdsourced … Continue Reading
Connor’s Heroes is a Good Reason to Give Back
Putting on the monkey suit again this year for Connor’s Heroes. Continue Reading
SOPA is DEAD. Long Live SOPA?
So the Internet has spoken and SOPA is dead. On the Wednesday before the actual vote, several websites went dark or put up banners that allowed you to contact your representative. Google, who put a black swatch across their ubiquitous … Continue Reading
Why Does SOPA Suck and Why Should You Care?
The Internet is the most open and robust means of communication in the world. The SOPA bill itself is seemingly innocuous. It seeks to provide protection to the owners of copyrights against web sites that sell goods and intellectual property … Continue Reading
6 Degrees of What? Open Graph Sharing, That’s What.
You’ve no doubt played the game before: Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon. Name an actor and connect him to Kevin Bacon in 6 steps or less. At RPM, we play a version of this: All Roads Lead to Zappa. Continue Reading
Why Twitter Takes the Cake
Facebook made my status “stalker”. YouTube is my guilty pleasure for hilarious voyeurism. I’m still questioning Formspring questions. Google+ seems to be just one more platform in Google’s global domination plan. MY favorite? Wouldn’t you like to know… Continue Reading
Got Music? Spotify does.
We burn through some valuable office time here at Rocket Pop talking about music. Guitar players, drummers, bassists, a couple of bands, and some Glee fans, all in a very small office. There is generally music playing in the background … Continue Reading
Music That Moved Me: 2009
Every year I scour back through my iTunes purchases, my CDs, streams, bookmarks, and websites to wrap up my thoughts about the year in music. The daily mix of music drives our work, gives me an outlet to play guitar, … Continue Reading