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October 13, 2011
The Mashup Class
Copy, combine and transform. Remixing and mashing up culture, and defining a generation. The Mashup Class.
February 2, 2011
Intentionally Passive Music Composition
Intentionally passive music composition has interested me for quite some time. This is the idea that we can create music by strategically planning for specific…
September 21, 2010
And this is your brain on technology…any questions?
Does consuming information online affect comprehension and retention of information?
July 29, 2010
A Digital Rolling Stone 3.0 – Composition in the Digital Age
In this installment of A Digital Rolling Stone, we analyze the composition and creation of music in the digital age via several case studies.
July 13, 2010
The departure of an athlete, the death of a true Cleveland original, and the new frontier…
If I didn't address this at all, I think I would be disappointed in myself...so here goes. My slightly personal post about Lebron James, Cleveland, and the…
May 27, 2010
Unconsumption
When we were kids it was pretty much beaten into us that planet earth was in danger + the only way to save the planet was to "Reduce. Reuse. Recycle." Perhaps…
January 7, 2010
A Digital Rolling Stone 2.0
It seems only appropriate that I'm finally finishing the second installment of "A Digital Rolling Stone," a month after the tenth anniversary of the Recording…
August 12, 2009
The Great Race to Brand the Clouds
The benefits of technology and more specifically the internet, seem to be endless: information and data accessibility, entertainment, commerce, ease of…
May 6, 2009
Open Source: The Model Is About Branding
The traditional business model for companies is to create a product and/or provide a service to customers in order to receive payment and hopefully exceed…
January 29, 2009
Creativity: The Essence of Change
A look at creativity in advertising, an economic recession and its affect on urban revitalization. The great David Ogilvy once said, "It takes a big idea to…
December 17, 2008
The Convergence of Cognitive Neuroscience and Marketing
A few years ago, I read an article in the New York Times that explained the convergence of cognitive neuroscience and marketing. Since then I have been very…
November 11, 2008
A Digital Rolling Stone 1.0
Over the past few months, I have noticed that in the back of Rolling Stone there have been a few rotating lists such as Myspace Music Top 10 Songs, iLike Top…