have been outstripping sales of desktop computers for quite some time. It's no wonder really, since very few people actually need everything a desktop has to offer, and offers it in a nifty little package that you can toss in a bag and take with you.
Of course, getting the mobile most out of your machine isn't always straight forward, and their are loads of little hints and tips that can make being mobile just that much more fun. I was actually working on a collection of these things when I ran across a recent set of tips on Lifehacker that basically sums up everything I wanted to say. They even have a hint toward one of the most useful windows mobile applications on the market.
So for those of you who like your coffee to go, here's to you:
is something you have probably been exposed to, even if you have never heard the term before. Anytime you get a mail telling you that your account for a bank you have never heard of needs some attention, it's most likely an attempt by a bunch of meanies to grab your account info.
It's mean, it's nasty, and the results can be disastrous for people who fall victim to it. Now you might think that the people behind such scams are talented hackers whipping up new ways to abuse the various systems. Judging by an interview with two security researchers who spent some time exploring the phishing underground, that isn't really the case.
The reality would actually be sort of funny if the results weren't so nasty.
doesn't just make incredibly entertaining videos. He also teaches.
In one of his classes, he had his group of graduate students makes something every day for a month.
Thing-A-Day was born.
In 2007 the opened it up to the general public, and this year I have decided to take part. All you have to do is make something, document it, and post about it online at the thing a day blog.
If you sign up, let me know. It would be fun to follow fellow fm4ler...
has a problem. Their business model is based on scarcity. Scarcity of resources, scarcity of AirTime, scarcity of shelf space, scarcity of mind-share, and scarcity of physical goods.
Recording an album used to be a difficult thing. Making a high quality production was an expensive endeavor, and the costs of studio time, engineers and gear were fairly prohibitive. A deal with a label basically amounted to a way to finance a record. If you were lucky, the labels might decide to throw some of their influence behind you, giving you access to their marketing might which would make it easier to get heard on the radio, find some space on the shelves of record stores, and get your songs into the heads of people across the planet.
If you were lucky.
Thanks to the marvels of modern technology, scarcity is a thing of the past. Todays home studio can produce higher quality recordings than many of the pro studios of the past, opportunities for distribution and self marketing abound, and bands are no longer damned to doing the local scene. A Psychobilly band from Fargo can find it's place on the global market with an ease we never could have dreamed of 20 years ago.
The one thing that has never been scarce in the music business was talent.
RPM '07 was a perfect example. It was a challenge to musicians to produce a record during the month of February. Over 850 records were the result with over 8000 songs available for your listening pleasure. It was such a success, that they have decided to do it again.
RPM '08 will be starting on the 1st of February. You have a whole month to get some work out. And for those of us whose musical talent is scarce we can always lean back and enjoy the abundance of works created last year while we wait for the fresh tunes to roll in from this years challenge.
Wien | 2.2.2008 | 13:57 
