A new fully anonymous, proxied forum site for Iran protesters. Why We Protest – IRAN.
Updates from June, 2009
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Why We Protest - IRAN
michael
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Sibelius 6
michael
Just upgraded to Sibelius 6 – I love it! A bunch of fixed, a lot faster, it does some very intelligent things with layout (like making sure your lyrics don’t overlap your stems and dynamics, grouping things together so that when one dynamic moves, the vertical position of all of them in the line move). I have yet to do a big score to parts project, but from what I’ve seen so far, it’s going to be great!
Anybody else using it? I’m waiting for the Sibelius / Protools integration to step up a bit more (graphic editing of midi data via score, for example), but when it does, I think APU will switch from Logic to that as our primary music platform.
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Apple Releases IPhone 3.0 Software Update - PC World
michael
Anybody have the iPhone 3.0 upgrade yet? I’m downloading it right now. I think it will make me a better person.
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Friend of the Blog on TED!
michael
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Blogging Software
michael
I’m building an awesome new blog for our very own June Steckler, and I’m looking around for a design program that won’t cost me $500. When I do my own stuff, I usually just hand-code stuff with CSS and HTML, but that won’t work for what she wants. I need some actually pretty pretty.
I realize that the right thing to do at this point is sub-contract to an actual designer, but I’m working in trade for original awesome artwork, and I’m not sure I can really offer somebody 1/3 of a painting.
Anybody use anything on a mac that they really like for web design, that is either cheap or free?
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P2-ossibilities?
michael
I’m thinking of switching Addison Road over to a new wordpress theme, P2. It has some features that I think will increase the rate of posting, and quick interaction of comments. Check this out, and then tell me what you think in the comments.
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Hulu and the Mouse
michael
Streaming media has won. The mouse now owns an equity stake in Hulu.com, and will start pushing their content through the portal. I take this as a pretty sure sign that the Hulu model is, at least for now, the clear winner in the race for new distribution models.Welcome to the new century, Disney. Glad to see you finally made it. Now I can prop my kids up on their stools, tape open their eyelids, and pump HSM3 into their tender little minds 24 hours a day!
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Autotune the News
michael
One of my students presented their thesis paper today on the use of autotune. They didn’t use this, but they should have.
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Mac Business Software?
michael
Hey, Roadies.
I need a little help. My wife’s awesome floral design business keeps growing (huzzah!) and our current system of accounting (legal pads, hastily scrawled notes, tax records sent in on hello kitty stationary) is no longer sufficient.
I’m looking for a way to manage her business finance that will work on a Mac. Some of the more popular choices (QuickBooks Online, etc.) are for PC only (insert snarky “PC’s are for business” comment here). I know several of you are self-employed, income-producing type persons with several of the same businessy needs that we have, so I’d like to know what you use. I need to find something that does the following:
- Manages basic cash-method accounting, with no inventory.
- Sync’s with online backing from World Savings Bank, er Washington Mutual, uh Wacovia … One World Federal Freedom-First OmniBank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the U.S. Treasury.
- Prints and tracks invoices.
- Simplifies tax accounting for both self-employed taxes and sales taxes (on a per-county basis would be great, since her weddings take place all over the state).
- MUST run on Mac! Online version would be great, but install software is fine too.
Any “Huzzah, use this!” or “Stay away, do not go to there” advice to pass along?
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Wiki Wiki Waaa?
michael
So, I’m in a quandary.
For the past 6 years, I’ve used this book as the textbook for my Intro to Music Tech. It’s over 10 years old, which is an eternity in music technology, but nobody has really written anything that’s as clear and usable since.
This morning, I stumbled across the Wikipedia article on loudspeakers. It’s … fantastic. Clear, concise, well organized, contains everything it should. It is, in fact, much better than the chapter on speakers from the textbook I’ve been using. That led me to the entries on microphones, MIDI, digital recording. Some are great, others are written by engineers using inscrutable symbols and mostly made up vocabulary.But even the one’s that aren’t great are still pretty good. Which really has me considering why I make my students buy a $25 book every semester.
So, I’m considering a switch for the fall. Instead of having a required textbook, I think I might just have a page of assigned links instead, some from Wikipedia, some from other sites that cover the material well. The content is there, I think I can organize it in a way that has some continuity and logical progression. Maybe I’ll put together a few pages of my own on my academic site to cover the gaps.
Anybody think that’s an awful idea? Phil?