David Emery Online
Friend Connect And The End Of The Fragmentation Era
Google’s Friend Connect – and the whole Data Portability thing – seem like they could potentially be a good solution for the whole ‘too many social networks’ problem. It could also mean that niche social networks (for a band, for example) might actually start making sense if they’re just an extension of your presence on a different (bigger) network.
Visit ➔Twitter revenue
Ethan talks about using Twitter as a $1/month private fanclub news source, which is kind-of interesting but I have a real distaste for the whole ‘monetized fanclub’ thing which a few people have tried (Bloc Party and the Mighty Boosh both come to mind).
Surely the way to reward your hardcore fans isn’t to try and charge them for it?
Visit ➔Pitchfork Feature: Radiohead: "Nude RE/MIX"
Ok, I realise I’ve gone on about this a little too much, but this is a nice little summary of the whole thing and highlights some of the best mixes (although I’m sure there are still some hidden gems waiting to be found).
Visit ➔Albert Hammond Jr
Lovely little site we’ve just launched for Albert Hammond Jr – it’s just a mailing list signup for the time being but we thought we’d spice that up by letting you upload a photo at the same time, which we using million dollar homepage style to make the background of the site.
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