David Emery OnlineFriday Links XLVIII
1 February 2008
FAQ Magazine
I really like this, although I feel that maybe I shouldn’t.
Facebook Apps On Any Website: Clever Move
Very interesting – still pondering the best use for it…
Amazon MP3 store to spread DRM-free love global in 2008
I’m very interested to know what prices that go for over here – it feels like there’s more room in the UK for them to undercut iTunes then there is in the US.
Must Watch: Michel Gondry’s Sweded Be Kind Rewind Movie Trailer
You’ve got to love Gondry, although Be Kind Rewind doesn’t look as good as The Science of Sleep (which was great, but odd).
iPhone’s CPU: Still Irrelevant
I couldn’t care less how fast the CPU is in my iPhone – its fast enough to do what it’s supposed to do flawlessly and that’s all that matters.
Shape It Like a Polaroid Picture
It’s exactly these things that are hard to explain, but are oh-so important.
2007 Music Blog Zeitgeist!
Nice work from the Hype Machine guys.
Breaking: MySpace Developer Platform Launching on February 5th
I’m still not convinced that MySpace has any real long term future in this space, but at least they’re still bothering to play catch-up.
Lefsetz Letter » Starbucks
Bob is dead on, although only in the US – I think Starbucks is doing much better over here. Although, as a brand they’re probably like a band with very little credability.
Yes, Starbucks are Keene.
Gridlasticness
Lovely stuff, although I can’t help but feel that due to the popularisation of full page zooming fully em-based layouts aren’t really worth bothering with.
Frozen Grand Central
Just when FlashMobs were starting to get boring…
What The Watermark?!
I’m not sure either a) watermarks work (considering how much they cost, which is at least a couple of quid per copy) or b) leaking really makes much difference. Radiohead still went to number 1 after very publicly leaking their own work, and that album is still selling well now (even digitally, which is even more interesting).
Simple deployment with SVN and Phing
Looks useful, in a boring-but-need-to-bother sort of way.
Google Social Graph API Released
Nice work from Google – now I just need to figure out how this is useful when you apply it to someone that isn’t a geek and hence doesn’t have any decently marked-up pages about themselves.
Opening the Windows Vista box
If you’re packaging needs a help page, you’re doing it wrong.
Hey, You Condescending Jerk, No One Prints Emails Anyway
Bingo.
Slacker Portable Unboxed
So the Slacker Portable is no longer vapourware, but I’m still not massively convinced. Let’s see where it goes…
HUGE: Microsoft Wants To Acquire Yahoo For $44.6 Billion
Well, you’ve already by now read enough coverage about this by here’s my take: it’s bad, for both companies, and also highlights how badly both are doing at the moment.
Knee-deep in the dead
Nice write up on the Yahoosoft thing by John Siracusa.