Robert Siegel talks with two guests about how recorded music has changed in the past decade. First, mastering engineer Bob Ludwig explains how recordings have gotten louder and worse. Then Robert talks Andrew Oxenham, a professor in the Psychology … [Read more...]
The Decade In Music: How Musicians Create
How has technology changed the relationship between musicians and their fans? While major record labels still struggle to grasp the power of the MP3, artists, including Of Montreal's Kevin Barnes, have embraced and even found creative solutions … [Read more...]
Celemony Presents Melodyne Editor… Again [NAMM 2009 Highlights]
Quite some time ago Celemony made a huge buzz among musicians and non-musicians alike with their Direct Note Access technology. I discovered it in the Delicious Popular Feed of all places. Anyway, I forgot all about it until today. … [Read more...]
How To Shorten URLs With Bit.ly Using Quicksilver
A URL shortener service called Bit.ly launched today. It has some great features that convinced me to switch from using Metamark to shorten my URLs. Since I have a slick script that allows me to use the Metamark API from Quicksilver, I had to modify … [Read more...]
Update Twitter, Facebook, iChat, Adium, And Skype With Quicksilver
I'm a Facebook fanatic. I joined immediately after they opened to the public. In the beginning, there wasn't much to talk about. None of my friends had joined and there really wasn't that much I could do there. But since then, the buzz has caught my … [Read more...]
My New Method Of Automated Journaling
I've been hacking this auto-journal script for a while and I've recently settled on using a local install of WordPress combined with AppleScript and Quicksilver. It's really pretty easy. Follow MacZealots' tutorial on Installing WordPress on … [Read more...]
GTD: What Are You Doing Right Now Redux
My previous attempt at a time-tracking script worked well for a while. But I wanted something that was self-contained so I could share it with my friends and coworkers. I also wanted to cut down on key strokes. Since my internet connection has … [Read more...]
GTD: Automator Wants To Know What You Are Doing Right Now
I'm into systems. I love figuring out how to get from point A to point B and then optimizing the process as efficiently as possible. Better yet, I love being able to turn a system on and not have to think about it again. This is one of those … [Read more...]
iQuickTwitter – My Quicksilver + Twitter + iChat + Growl Hack
When I read that you could use Quicksilver with Twitter, I felt as excited as Jack Bauer in an interrogation room full of terror suspects. It all started with Twitter Fan Wiki. And then I lost myself in hours of troubleshooting as I tried to force … [Read more...]
Top 10 Twitter DOs and DON’Ts
You've got a blog. You've got email, SMS, and IM. These are great tools for communication. Email and text messaging are two-way conversations. Blogging is mostly a one-to-many conversation. But what about something in-between? Twitter is part … [Read more...]