As a musician of 40 years and a regular user of Logic Pro I must admit that I haven’t spent much time in Garage Band. I keep reading positive accolades like this article from Apple Insider and wonder if I should pay more attention. It’s interesting to see the word “Emagic” in an article! Flashback.
Will avoid my usual long diatribe about the death of real music. #saveforanotherday
Confession - I’m new to this whole “Robin” thing. My first listen of Robin was some guest vocals she did with Röyksopp. Yes, I heard Röyksopp before I heard Robin. TC (Spacemusic.nl fame) first turned me on to Röyksopp 10+ years ago. Robin’s next appearance in my life was when the single for “Honey” came out. I was instantly hooked.
Sad to know I missed seeing this recent tour but at least we have the memories of awesome performances like this.
Double confession - I also dig Ellie Goulding.
Long awaited and finally here, Elon debuted the Model Y last night. I don't get the name, but why not (pun accidental but I’ll take it). My family and I have bought in on the electric vehicle way of life. This model fills a gap that was lacking and allows all of us to achieve “crossover’ status.
Great read from Sean at The Verge for more information and video.
Each week when I make decisions about where to spend my time and what to post I become increasingly aware of the state of all things “facebook”. Maybe a weekly summary is good enough for now!
Here’s the highlights:
Facebook, Instagram, and What’s App down for hours. Not due to DDOS but to a “server Issue”. Right, ok, sure. See The Verge’s article.
Zuckerburg announces renewed focus on security and privacy, see Recode Article for details and Casey Newton for the Verge.
My favorite of the week - you remember that phone number you added for two factor authentication that was only supposed to be used for security reasons? Yeah, sorry, not true. People can find you by using that phone number. Oops! Here’s details from Fast Company.
Facebook survived issues like this a decade ago when it was run by a group of fast moving people early in their career. We accepted those mistakes with an “awwww shucks” type of attitude. Those days are over. Facebook is a global technology powerhouse with the influence to change the course of human history.
Two words for you - wake up
Great memories from Clutch Point. I still miss Favre’s craziness!
My favorite memory from the article, “Just one day after losing his father, Irvin, Favre suited up for a “Monday Night Football” game against the Oakland Raiders. Irvin died of a heart attack the night before.
In an emotional game for the famed QB, Favre delivered one of the greatest performances of his career.”
My oldest son and I watched that game together with him yelling “Melissa Stark” every time she was on camera. He had a crush.
The escalation of battery and charging technologies continues to impress. From the capacity in the Model 3 to this V3 charging technology the bar continues to climb.
John Kuhn is one of my fav Packers. My sons and I would always watch the Packers and would yell along with those in the stadium, "KUUUUUUUUUUHN”.
CONGRATULATIONS to John and his family on a momentous occasion.
This is a recurring rant that those close to me are expected to endure on a regular basis. As an early social media evangelist I could not have imagined the depths to which companies like FaceBook and Google (among others) would sink.
Gruber and Rene discuss this in depth on the latest episode of The Talk Show - The Talk Show Episode 245
I joined Twitter in May 2008, early enough that I could’ve had my four character nickname as a user ID. I joined Instagram in October 2010. I’ve walked away from it all now, no FaceBook, no Twitter, and no Instagram. My belief in privacy and need to talk from a position of integrity motivated this decision.
There is no “free” product! Unless you’re a paying customer then you are the product and pay with your personal data, family details, pictures of your children, and more.
A recent post by Rene shares some common practices that simply make me cringe…
Vivid memories of seeing Spinal Tap for the first time in the 80’s when all my musician buddies starting quoting it all the time. CoS is an excellent blog, too!
From the post, “To paraphrase the movie, “This pretentious ponderous collection of religious rock psalms is enough to prompt the question, ‘What day did the Lord create Spinal Tap, and couldn’t the rock ‘n’ roll biopic have rested on that day too?'” Amen.”
Also, I agree that Dminor is the saddest of all keys!
Such a great article taking me back to a question from my childhood (that’s also a great Kansas song). I remember sound systems from the late 70’s and early 80’s sounding so full and rich. It borders on waxing all nostalgic about times long ago, or does it….
This Cnet article is a great read with real word comparisons of then and now…
What a burden and genuine care that Dan displays. His passion for others and transparency about his own challenges do inspire me. I’m openly a fan of Imagine Dragons and vividly remember the first time I heard “Radioactive” performed at a friend’s church in Denver followed by hearing "On Top of the World” in a movie that same day. Amazing work from a real human being.
RE: Slipknot’s Corey Taylor’s comments, still wondering why we seem so bent on dividing and using social media to divide….
While I continue to think and pray about what this site should be I thought I’d share the attached. Such a great memory from good day.
The Narrow Road is an important concept in my life. In between the years of 1992 and 2004 I wrote and recorded several albums full of material that I titled “Songs From the Narrow Road”. Hopeful to share with the world at some time.
I specifically chose this name for this new chapter in my life. More to come…