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hypem: andreainspired: The Concretes - “Miss You” (Rolling...

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:16:41 -0400

andreainspired:

The Concretes - “Miss You” (Rolling Stones cover)

After our high off of last night’s show, Len & I went plowing through our iTunes libraries for some Concretes songs and we came across this gem. Enjoy!

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Primary 1, The Blues (featuring Nina Perrson) Digging this...

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:38:53 -0400

Primary 1, The Blues (featuring Nina Perrson)

Digging this track.

Pitchfork: New Ariel Pink: “Round and Round”

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:35:54 -0400

Pitchfork: New Ariel Pink: “Round and Round”

Unlinking my Twitter Feed from Facebook

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:00:00 -0400

A number of months ago I linked the vast majority of my social media presence (Tumblr, Flickr, Twitter, FourSquare) to Facebook. I was a bit reluctant to do so at the time as I have over 1,200 Facebook ‘friends’ and was not sure how many of them would respond to the increased presence, especially those on the margin. But I decided to go ahead and give it a shot.

I quickly realized that my FourSquare check-ins were overwhelming my feed and I did not want or need every one of my Facebook friends to know where I was at every moment.

The Foursquare guys have done a great job however of adding very easy to use functionality in their iPhone app that allows me to selectively push check-ins to Twitter and/or Facebook. I use this religiously and it is the best implementation I’ve seen yet. I want it incorporated in all my web and mobile services.

In the absence of that functionality and after a few further months of experimentation, I’ve now heard enough rumblings about excessive posting from a number of my Facebook friends to call it quits.

I am officially de-linking my Twitter feed from my Facebook feed (at least for now).

Part of the problem here is that multiple of the same posts often go to Facebook. For example, Tumblr posts will feed directly to Facebook but will also come in through my pushing them to Twitter. Flickr photos often have a similar issue. A pervasive FourSquare-style selective push feature would help solve this problem as well.

As for Tumblr & Flickr, I’m going to keep them linked for now as I feel those services most closely reflect what I want to share with ‘friends’ and what Facebook is best for sharing (photos, content, etc.). But I guess we’ll see.

A number of my friends have taken the additional step of paring back their Facebook networks to only include true friends who would not feel spammed by the additional posting. I have done a little bit of paring and will continue to do so, but like having a somewhat wider network on Facebook as I find it very interesting to see what my outer circles are up to.

This has all left me with a profound sense of the difference between friend and follower relationships and the distinctions even in friend circles in terms of whom I want to share specific things with.

Along with the character restriction, the unidirectional follow relationship is the genius of Twitter. It’s ease of turning anyone on or off makes it unique and will continue to do so. Facebook is a broad-based social network geared towards selective sharing with friends and acquaintances. And Foursquare is for sharing location information with a different and smaller group.

These differences make each of these services unique and are why I believe they all have an important place in the ecosystem.

The Morning Benders, All Day Day Light Welcome back sun.

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:58:25 -0400

The Morning Benders, All Day Day Light

Welcome back sun.

"Being a socialist is a great way to get laid in college but it’s no way to run a society."

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:24:47 -0400

“Being a socialist is a great way to get laid in college but it’s no way to run a society.”

- Uh Oh. Not Another “Don’t Be Evil” Company

A rare quote from Mike Arrington.

Gorillaz, Rhinestone Eyes Rain is falling like rhinestones from...

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:24:57 -0400

Gorillaz, Rhinestone Eyes

Rain is falling like rhinestones from the sky…

PS22 Chorus, Lisztomania by Phoenix Posting a video today for...

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:17:46 -0500

PS22 Chorus, Lisztomania by Phoenix

Posting a video today for cover Friday. If you haven’t seen the PS22 Chorus in action, you’re seriously missing out. Absolutely amazing stuff. Check them out here.

Broken Bells, Mongrel Heart This new album is simply excellent.

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:00:00 -0500

Broken Bells, Mongrel Heart

This new album is simply excellent.

Cults, Go Outside This mysterious boy-girl duo is coming out of...

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:28:48 -0500

Cults, Go Outside

This mysterious boy-girl duo is coming out of nowhere. I love this track.

David Bowie, I’ve Been Waiting For You (Neil Young cover)

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:37:26 -0500

David Bowie, I’ve Been Waiting For You (Neil Young cover)

Vampire Weekend, Giving Up The Gun Revisiting. Probably my...

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:34:52 -0500

Vampire Weekend, Giving Up The Gun

Revisiting. Probably my favorite track on the new album.

rudesmuse: EPMD » LET THE FUNK FLOW Old school.

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:57:43 -0500

rudesmuse:

EPMD » LET THE FUNK FLOW

Old school.

Goldfrapp, Rocket

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:34:02 -0500

Goldfrapp, Rocket

Neil Young, Long May You Run One of my favorite songs of all...

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:00:00 -0500

Neil Young, Long May You Run

One of my favorite songs of all time. Neil did it right for Conan’s finale and to close the Olympics last night. A legend in our time.

School of Seven Bells, Change Another rudesmuse special.

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 11:22:30 -0500

School of Seven Bells, Change

Another rudesmuse special.

Sia, You’ve Changed Fun track.

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:10:15 -0500

Sia, You’ve Changed

Fun track.

We're looking for an associate

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:31:47 -0500

bijan:

We are looking to hire an associate at Spark.

The title “associate” means different things at different venture capital firms so let me tell you what it means at Spark.

An associate at Spark is part of our investment team in our Boston office. He or she will help our team with market & competitive analysis, process deal flow, due diligence on new investment opportunities, assist our portfolio companies, attend & organize meetups as well as various other firm responsibilities such as annual reports and portfolio analysis.

This is not a classic two year and out program. We are looking for someone that will grow with us or possibly join one of our portfolio companies over time.

Ideal person:

-excellent communication & listening skills
-creativity
-passion for new technologies
-an active user of web and mobile applications
-thoughtful about the ever changing media & technology landscape
-aggressive, self starter
-strong analytical skills
-tech background plus but not required
-based in boston or willing to move here
-ideal previous experience (~2-4years) could include: startup, internet/technology company, analytical/financial role in related industries
-(mba not required)

If this sounds like you, then please send an email to jobs@sparkcapital.com with whatever you think can help us get to know you better (eg. linkedin profile, blog, twitter profile, video etc).

Thanks.

The Morning Benders, Temptation Inside Your Heart (Velvet...

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:21:52 -0500

The Morning Benders, Temptation Inside Your Heart (Velvet Underground cover)

One more quicky from The Morning Benders.

Venture Capital, Disruption & The New Media Order

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:06:16 -0500

I gave a talk yesterday at the Paley Center for Media to a number of members of the Writer’s Guild of America. The group generally consisted of folks who make or want to make a living by producing content — a job increasingly challenged by the web’s democratizing open platform.

I attempted to explain a little bit about venture capital and its significance in helping fund many of the most innovative companies of our time, how and why those companies tend to disrupt the status quo, the specific impact this disruption has had on the media industry and some practical tips for how to hopefully stay relevant in the new media order.

It was a thoughtful and receptive group. I hope they found the discussion worthwhile. If you’re interested, my slides can be found below.

As an aside, one thing the Internet sure has done is make the process of putting these presentations together so much easier. Images, data and even fully blown charts are all readily available in the public domain for anyone who needs them. Services like Slideshare and Scribd are simply fantastic. The web forces a premium on ideas and richness of discussion vs. the ability to make a fancy graph or chart. Yet another example of how the web enables us to focus on what really matters by making data and information so easily accessible to all.

WGA Presentation 2.24.10

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