Sunday, December 31, 2006
Pandora QuickMix
I mentioned Pandora before (MSN Radio). You can setup stations by song or artist (Example shown: Chasing Cars & Snow Patrol). Another cool feature is that once you setup your stations you can select QuickMix and have it play songs that are in line with the stations you have checked.
Friday, December 29, 2006
Adsense
I have had Adsense on my site for a long time. It was kind of a set it and forget it thing. I know there are new features, etc. that I have not even looked at, but nonetheless, after a rather long period of time and being a low volume site, I am getting closer to hitting that $100 mark. Maybe by this time next year.
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Pandora
Have you checked out Pandora?
From the site:
From the site:
The Music Genome Project
On January 6, 2000 a group of musicians and music-loving technologists came together with the idea of creating the most comprehensive analysis of music ever.
Together we set out to capture the essence of music at the most fundamental level. We ended up assembling literally hundreds of musical attributes or "genes" into a very large Music Genome. Taken together these genes capture the unique and magical musical identity of a song - everything from melody, harmony and rhythm, to instrumentation, orchestration, arrangement, lyrics, and of course the rich world of singing and vocal harmony. It's not about what a band looks like, or what genre they supposedly belong to, or about who buys their records - it's about what each individual song sounds like.
Over the past 6 years, we've carefully listened to the songs of over 10,000 different artists - ranging from popular to obscure - and analyzed the musical qualities of each song one attribute at a time. This work continues each and every day as we endeavor to include all the great new stuff coming out of studios, clubs and garages around the world.
It has been quite an adventure, you could say a little crazy - but now that we've created this extraordinary collection of music analysis, we think we can help be your guide as you explore your favorite parts of the music universe.
We hope you enjoy the journey.
Tim Westergren
Founder
The Music Genome Project
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Monday, December 11, 2006
Patches
It has been a bit since I have had my Virtual PC fired up, so it was due for some patches. I think I have it up to date now. I guess that is one way to spend part of the evening. Hopefully I can find some time to try out Office 2007 and OneNote 2007 a bit on it.
Quick Mail
You know you have a quick e-mail system when a person comes to your office, states that they replied to your e-mail and as they are walking away the e-mail pops up in your inbox.
Focus on people
From "5 Steps To Improve Your Information Productivity" I would say the one that jumps out at me the most is number 4. Some just don't seem to get it. It seems as though some in management look at people as though they are no different than a physical resource like a PC, which is a loss for both sides.
Focus on people.
Retaining quality managers is vital to improving Information Productivity. To Strassmann, technology has largely become a commodity that you can outsource to India, Bucharest or anyplace in between. But people with solid corporate knowledge—especially the ability to see where technology will help a company seize a new business opportunity—are priceless.
What's the best way to keep your best people? Challenge them by giving them big goals and projects. Give them the opportunity to grow their knowledge and build their careers. If you don't do these things, it's highly likely they'll leave for greener pastures.
And weed out people who have no interest in developing their careers. Why? Ultimately, these hangers-on will become obstacles for your company as pay rises and their technology skills don't.
Saturday, December 02, 2006
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