The Recording Industry of the Future (Taken with Instagram)
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Pro. Go. Whoa. #1998 (Taken with Instagram)
@liamfinn and @squeejie for Brady (Taken with Instagram at Kufala Recordings)
TRUTH (Taken with Instagram at Long Beach Antique Flea Market)
you can’t escape me #facebook #instagram #mark #zuckerberg #markzuckerberg #billion (Taken with instagram)
tonight is so much xia chang fun (Taken with instagram)
WET POWER EP (Taken with instagram)
It’s not that campaign money has direct power over the public mind — that one advertising dollar can be counted upon to yield one vote. Not is it true that the public is invulnerable, that we judiciously weigh these messages and see through the lies. The problem is that by putting such a price tag on the White House, we have imported market logic directly into our politics.
It’s a rich man’s world: How billionaire backers pick America’s candidates — Harpers
It’s not enough to have one hook anymore. You’ve got to have a hook in the intro, a hook in the pre-chorus, a hook in the chorus, and a hook in the bridge. — the President of Roc Nation
The Song Machine: The hitmakers behind Rihanna — The New Yorker
There are many ways to measure virality and zero agreement on what constitutes success. Ad agencies will brag that a client’s microsite has reached viral liftoff if it has 500,000 Facebook likes—or 50,000, or even 10,000. Two YouTube clips, one with 1 million views, the other with 10 million, are both certified contagious. It’s all highly arbitrary, with one consistent rule: if a campaign doesn’t pass the magic threshold, it is considered to have something seriously wrong with it.
I have fast, reliable Internet in my office now. FINALLY. (Taken with instagram)
Instagram is said to be on the verge of raising a $40 million funding round at a $500 million valuation; Hipstamatic, on the other hand, has not raised a dime of VC funding, but has been profitable since its second week. Last year, Hipstamatic generated about $10 million in revenue.
Hipstamatic, Instagram To Unveil Photo-Sharing Partnership — Fast Company
The good news is that Mr Zhang boasts a degree in economics. The bad news is that it was bestowed by Kim Il Sung University in Pyongyang.
In the 1960s and 1970s the [Brazilian] government paid for PHDs abroad in oil exploration, agricultural research and aircraft design. Brazil is now a world leader in all three fields.
scallion pancakes up in here (Taken with instagram)
