Also on my O'Reilly blog: We may have the seductiveness of the amazon.com shopping cart to thank for CivicSpace, an enhanced content management system (CMS) that has spawned many of the leading political web sites, starting with that of the Howard … [Continue reading] about Digital Politics: An Interview With CivicSpace Founder Zack Rosen
Strip Away The Production, Reveal The Great Song Within
I've been listening to Moments From This Theater: Live, a wonderful album by the great Memphis/Muscle Shoals songwriters Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham. It's just the two of them, accompanying themselves on acoustic guitar and electric piano, recorded … [Continue reading] about Strip Away The Production, Reveal The Great Song Within
Digital Politics
From my O'Reilly blog: I've been doing more and more work in politics since the '04 election (communications consulting and web production). I got involved at first out of a sense of civic obligation--and because my wife told me to "stop ranting and … [Continue reading] about Digital Politics
My Tips From An E-Musician Article On Podcasting
Electronic Musican recently ran a comprehensive article on podcasting, written by David Battino. It includes some tips from me. A lot of what has stuck with me about communication over the years I first learned as a freelance writer-broadcaster for … [Continue reading] about My Tips From An E-Musician Article On Podcasting
Are We In A Productivity Crisis?
This post also appears in my O'Reilly blog. In my series on downloads I looked at a couple of scenarios, based on traditional CD sales and iTunes sales, that indicated that the people who make music may end up making less money from downloads than … [Continue reading] about Are We In A Productivity Crisis?