Posted by: Søren
in Music on Oct 30, 2009
Are mix CD's going to die? The thought struck me today, when I was browsing the online music website SoundCloud (SoundCloud is an online audio platform catering to the music professionals enabling them to collaborate, promote & distribute their music online). As with everything else on the internet, music has for a long period also been free (YouTube + tons of other streaming services) - If you are satisfied with online streaming and not actually downloading the music to your harddisc.
The above example emphasises the trend, that all content on the internet is going to be free. If you want to listen to a Mixed CD before you buy it, you can actually put your browser to www.soundcloud.com and stream the entire mix. And buy the CD afterwards if you really need to get the CD physically.
Posted by: Søren
in CMS on Oct 27, 2009
Because of a forthcoming art exhibition at the media house "Ingeniøren" one of my most loyal clients (and girlfriend), Mette Dixen, wanted a new and more flexible website to present her paintings, resume etc.
I ended up using the designer friendly CMS Indexhibit as platform. Indexhibit is a web application used to build and maintain an archetypal, invisible website format that combines text, image, movie and sound.
Posted by: Søren
in Websites on Oct 26, 2009
During the last year or so the wave of web 2.0 has been very dominating on the internet. Knowledge sharing on various platforms is the keyword. And since I want so share my "knowledge" I also integrated a way to share and interact my blog post on ornholt.dk with other users.
To do so I integrated a small javascript code on my website developed by a company named AddThis. You have probably seen this feature before. Nevertheless I find the method very cool.
Posted by: Søren
in Music on Oct 22, 2009
Some months ago I bought an EP with the Danish band When Saints Go Machine. The EP is named When Saints Go Machine and the best track on the release is a track called "Pale".
Now the track has been rereleased with club remixes from the Spanish producer Pablo Bolivar. The result is two cool club tracks with some nice vocals on. Take a listen below and read more about the release here.
Posted by: Søren
in Websites on Oct 19, 2009
If you are running an iPhone or other mobile website and want to find out if the website is really mobile-friendly point your web browser to http://waxler.w3.org/mobileok/index.html.
W3C mobileOK Checker is a part of the The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) which is an international community where Member organizations, a full-time staff, and the public work together to develop Web standards. W3C's mission is to lead the Web to its full potential. And now W3C realized the need for an mobile friendly web checker in order to make mobile websites even better. I tried out the mobile checker for my iPhone optimized website. I got a few errors (external link).
Posted by: Søren
in Marketing on Oct 16, 2009
Pepsi has just released an iPhone application to build op some long time needed brand value. But but.. according to many Pepsi has come across the border with its application that guided boys how to score girls. The name of the application is "AMP UP Before You Score".
The program included an overview of 24 female types and instructions for scoring the different types. Furthermore, there is an opportunity to show off your "score record" via email, Twitter or Facebook.
Posted by: Søren
in Gadgets on Oct 12, 2009
I have been using Apple's Mighty Mouse for the last 4 years. During this period I have had 2 of them. And now I actually need to get a third one. But I am not going to buy my third Mighty Mouse from Apple. I am normally a sucker for Apple products, but in relation to the Mighty Mouse I am very disappointed.
First of all the Mouse is way to expensive compared to other substantial products. I appreciate the design of the Mighty Mouse, but I am much more interested in functionality and stability. 2 things you actually won't get with the Mighty Mouse. The scroll function is after some month of use, useless. I had to clean my Mighty Mouse every third day after 3 days of use. I used my mouse a lot, but it is still very disappointing.
Posted by: Søren
in Technology on Oct 08, 2009
As Twitter is growing, the need for shorter links is increasing rapidly. A lot of software can shorten urls, if needed. But on a lot of websites you can actually shorten your urls online. Very much needed if you want to tweet, via a computer without any shorten urls software installed.
Bit.ly is one website I prefer, where you can shorten, share, track your links etc.
About bit.ly:
bit.ly allows users to shorten, share, and track links (URLs). Reducing the URL length makes sharing easier. bit.ly can be accessed through our website, bookmarklets and a robust and open API. bit.ly is also integrated into several popular third-party tools such as Tweetdeck. A more full list of third party tools can be found on the bit.ly blog. Unique user-level and aggregate links are created, allowing users to view complete, real-time traffic and referrer data, as well as location and metadata. Tracking stats are available after users shorten their long links with bit.ly by clicking on the “Info+” link on bit.ly, or just adding a “+” sign to the end of any bit.ly link (for example, http://bit.ly/n0og+).
Go shorten your links here.
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