Steve's Blog
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How much is too much
December 23 2009
Every year I like to treat myself to some more christmas tat. Yes I am that guy who cheapens the road and I'm proud. Hope you like this years spread.
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My Space music breakthrough
December 08 2009
Thanks to the ground breaking deal it's just struck with PRS (the company who handle music rights) Myspace is set to position itself as one of the big future music distributors. It will rival music streaming services such as Spotify with it's own free online service with what it claims will be a larger catalogue and without any ad breaks.
Do you think the music labels will finally wake up and smell the coffee? Unfortunatly I don't think so. Whilst at a social media conference earlier this year they were still happily shooting themselves in the foot being stuck on mp3 issues. There's a big pot of money from the newly de-criminialised music listening public that the record labels simply don't want to take. Strange.... I'll have it :)
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Html 5
December 04 2009
Html 5 is the next major revison of html and the one which is set to liberate how we see online experiences.
The easiest way of showing it's scope is to imagine the interactive capabilities of flash but acheiveable through normal html without needing for any players or plugins! Many browsers already accept the standard and hopefully through the push of early of adopters such as Google with Google Wave, the technology will start to become more commonly used. Using html 5 will feel more like using desktop applications with on page interaction and feedback response. We can't wait for it become every surfers daily reality, come on ie, lets get going!