BILL AND STEVE ALL THINGS D
Watching this amazing interview is major key to understanding the current landscape of technology. Its INSANE how frustrated they get trying to explain the way the world is NOW. Brilliant. Fucking brilliant. Explaining a device that fits in your pocket .. With music .. Navigation .. Notes. And the hosts pretty much laughing at how impossible it is. There really are some brilliant people in the world, and with a bit of luck (being born in the right country under the right circumstances) they can be allowed to expand that brilliance to changing the world. Literally. These two guys are 100% responsible for the device you are reading this post on right now on some way shape or form. Its easy to argue that someone else would have done it, but they didn't.
Music in the sky
So I was thinking.. Well.. More like checking my recurring bills especially I’ve “cut the cord” for about 3 years now (That means no premium cable for the uninitiated). After killing cable (kinda cheating because I DO have a little more than basic as a part of my association fees.. but no HD so suck it!) and migrating to subscription based services, I’ve realised (thanks to mint.com) that I’ve spent more on movies (netflix, amazon prime and xbox on demand) and music (spotify premium and itunes purchases) than I ever spent when I had blockbuster to get movies from and looked forard to going to the mall to buy a CD. Interestingly enough, I’ve also bought albums and movies (books too for the record) through this new cloud / intangible world and enjoy this on demand but really never owning shit philosophy. I don’t know how much I like the [...]