I read a piece in the paper about the way that Blixa Bargeld and Einstürzende Neubauten were able to survive by fan subscription, thus avoiding the traditional perils of the music industry.
Blixa Bargeld, Erin Zhu, Einsturzende Neubauten, music, band, industrial, rock, guitarist, Nick Cave, Bad Seeds, fan, subscription, internet, online, direct, financing, Bill Moggridge, designing media, Interview, MIT press, design media |
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In 2000 Tim Westergren founded Pandora, the personalized Internet radio service. Based on his Music Genome Project, Pandora selects songs and artists with similar musical qualities to a sample chosen by the listener and creates a “radio station just for you.”
Tim Westergren, Pandora, personalized, internet, radio, service, music, music genome project, qualities, radio stations, taxonomy, musical, musicological, attributes, Bill Moggridge, designing media, book, Interview, MIT press, design media |
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Who hasn’t heard of Craigslist, the Web site that has dramatically altered the classified advertising universe with its largely free want ads and for-sale postings?
craig newmark, craigslist, web site, classified, advertising, free, ads, reach, simplicity, simple, skill, guidelines, quality control, measures, Bill Moggridge, designing media, book, Interview, MIT press, design media |
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Jimmy Wales founded Wikipedia in 2001, harnessing voluntary contributions from anyone with sufficient interest and time to create the world’s largest encyclopedia.
jimmy wales, wikipedia, wiki, online, encyclopedia, non-profit, volunteer, voluntary, contributions, Open, Architecture, editing, self-correcting, crowd-sourced, quality control, hierarchy, community, Bill Moggridge, designing media, book, Interview, MIT press, design media |
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Paul Miller may seem a less interesting name than DJ Spooky: That Subliminal Kid, but he makes up for it with his erudite conversation, informed by his background in philosophy and French literature and his experience in art and music.
DJ Spooky, Paul Miller, composer, multimedia, artist, online, representation, digital, music, repurposed, re-purposed, shareware, model, access, qualities, purpose, experience, Bill Moggridge, designing media, book, Interview, MIT press, design media |
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Neil brought a breath of fresh energy to IDEO when he joined in 2005, after editing the London based magazine, The Face.
Neil Stevenson, IDEO, The face, human-centered, media, new, traditional, consumption, experience, differences, content, versions, format, behavior, user-generated, Popbitch, celebrity, journalism, Bill Moggridge, designing media, book, Interview, MIT press, design media |
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I interviewed Chris Anderson in the offices of Wired magazine in San Francisco. He had taken the job of Editor in Chief just before the crash in 2001, so he was faced with hard choices about the future of the magazine.
Chris Anderson, Wired, magazine, editor, publication, new, traditional, media, technology, format, value, differences, print, online, Web, internet, niche, Free Future of a Radical Price, book, long tail, mass, personal, premium, Bill Moggridge, designing media, Interview, MIT press, design media |
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I was lucky to be able to interview James Truman in Napa Valley, not so far away from my home base, where he was staying in a visitor’s cottage on the Francis Ford Coppola estate.
James Truman, conde nast, magazine, publications, publisher, traditional, new, media, mass, personal, re-purposed, repurposed, versions, print, luxurious, reading, experience, balance, objective, subjective, creator, hierarchy, financial, models, revenue, overhead, technology, roles, Bill Moggridge, designing media, book, Interview, MIT press, design media |
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I put the interview with Paul Saffo at the beginning of the book because he gives such an erudite overview of the changes in media and the challenges faced by the people involved its creation and design.
Paul Saffo, technology, forecaster, long-term, change, practical, impact, stanford, engineering, future, traditional, mass, new, personal, media, differences, experience, watch, participate, interaction, feedback, location, portability, portable, mobile, Bill Moggridge, designing media, book, Interview, MIT press, design media |
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Mark stares at you from the cover of this week’s Time Magazine with intense green eyes.
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook, social network, internet, online, Open, transparent, connection, access, community, friends, media, Information, privacy, exchange, application, filter, Bill Moggridge, designing media, book, Interview, MIT press, design media, social impact |
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