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New York City Snowicane

In case you haven’t heard, New York has gotten a ton of snow this month- so much in fact that February 2009 is now the snowiest month in NYC history (breaking a 114 year old record). Well I came across this time-lapse video of the latest storm taken in Brooklyn and it is awesome to see the weather go from overcast to a foot of snow on the ground.

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Open Letter from OK-Go on Music, the Internet and Everything Else

“With or without this embedding problem, we’ll never get 50 zillion views on a YouTube video again. That moment – the dawn of internet video – is gone. The internet isn’t as anarchic as it was then. Now there are Madison Avenue firms that specialize in “viral marketing” and the success of our videos is now taught in business school. But here’s a secret: zillions of hits was never the point. We’re a rock band, and it’s a great gig. Not just because we get to snort drugs off the Queen of England (we do), but because the only thing we are expected to do is make cool stuff. We chase our craziest ideas for a living, and if sharing those ideas takes 40 websites instead of one, it doesn’t make too big a difference to us.”

I think this is the most awesome insight into the state of digital media and social engagement in a very long time. The entire letter is really great and is actually a very reasonable commentary on the state of the music industry as a whole, too.

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Oh the places you’ll go… [2009 Edition]

I’m a few weeks late on this, but better late than never! Last year, I followed the lead of a few blogs I like and posted a recap of my 2008 travels to various cities. I like the idea of making this an annual post, so here is my list for 2009: these are the cities I visited in 2008 (not counting single-day flight connections or ones that I drove through en route to another destination). The asterisk denotes cities I visited more than once and the bold cities are ones I have lived in at some point this year.

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Republic/Springfield, MO*
Boston, MA*
Des Moines, IA*
Sacramento, CA
San Francisco, CA
East Hampton, NY
New London, CT
Wilmington, DE
Philadelphia, PA
Easton, PA
Providence, RI
Minneapolis, MN
White Plains, NY
Austin, MN
Osage, IA

Previous Lists:
[2008]

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