Hi, all you bloggers its me again Greco, and this post is about Tv!!!…. Oh yeah i would just like 2 say that i forgot to mention some things on my post about Internet, i cant believe that i forgot to mention myspace and facebook, wow huge dealers and thingys in the internet some people prefer to have both and some just one, i have both cuz some of my friends have myspace and some of them have facebook, so i think its best to have both so that i can be in touch with all of my friends… Oh yeah back to the subject we were on: TV!!!!!.. So many people watch different things depending on their age, u know i watch nick, i dont really like disney channel its so sucky and fake acting except for some people, but its stupid 2, ok another thing I watch is Lost, its freakin awsome, its dramatic yet funny its funny yet weird, its amazing i love it, another thing i like is CSI: Miami… its the only good one, well that 1 and the new york one, but dude its awsome….. MadTv….. Oh yeah, mad tv, thats awsome, Bobby lee is so freakin halarious, u can c vids of him on youtube, theyre so cooooooollllll…. If i forget anything cool or something, or you just want to tell me wat you watch on tv then email me at disconectedemoblood@gmail.com or grecokassem@hotmail.com, or comment which is much easier but if you wan to write something personal dont worry i wont tell anyone, plz write me, im ok with people of every kind…… So ok….. byeeeeee, til next time bloggers : ) or maybe not cuz im sad that i wont write anymore 4 this blog :’-(
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Hear 3 tracks from SADE'S new album!
Yes, you read that right!
When we said that the all-new Sade website and Twitter would bring you the news first, we meant it!
Overnight, the Twitter feed has announced that 3 cuts from Sade’s upcoming album Soldier of Love have now been released online!!!!
1.To hear Moon and the Sky, go to Sade’s MySpace page here:
http://www.myspace.com/sade
2. To hear Skin, go to BET.com here
http://www.bet.com/music/newreleases/818427/Sade
3. To hear In Another Time, go to the Ellen Degerees show site here:
http://ellen.warnerbros.com/2010/01/an_exclusive_worldwide_premier.php
Brilliant, beautiful, amazing… Less than two weeks until the album is released worldwide. based on this, we cannot wait to hear the rest of the record!
A dream about this blog
It seemed so real. If only…
I don’t remember what lead up to it, but I found myself looking at the Vancouver Sun (or maybe it was the Province?). There was a small article about me and my blog, talking about how I’m “calm” and “charming” and how the third entry of my blog, which was supposed to be a poem of some sort, was very emotional and that people should go to my blog and read my stuff.
There was someone else there with me, and I remember telling that person, “This article would explain the large jump in views over those days a while ago!” I was really happy, to say the least. Not only had someone actually noticed my blog and my writing, but they had taken the time to write about it and advise others to go and check it out. Wow.
Then there was something about London Drugs and this guy who I was holding hands with in a truck was at some boat house and I had to be quiet because I was in a house too and there was a bad guy sleeping. But then I woke up and for a minute, thought the part about my blog was real… and then, I realized I don’t read the paper other than for the music and movie reviews and then became disappointed.
Getting exposure has always been hard for me, and I’m not really sure why. I think it’s a combination of things: that I don’t have zillions of friends on facebook/myspace; I’m not very extroverted or social compared to other people; I have a small network of close friends that I talk to (as opposed to ones I consider as acquaintances); I don’t really do anything that gets me noticed, etc. I don’t feel like I stand out in a crowd. I do, however, feel like once you get to know me, I stand out because of all the creative stuff I do and dedicate my time to, but if you saw me on the street, I’m just another guy.
On every site I join, I always seem to be less popular than others; youtube, facebook (my music profile), myspace… how do these people do it? For youtube, it’s having the right videos. For facebook and myspace, it’s a bit harder. Sure, you can have a million fans, but of those fans, who actually cares and likes your music? I am told my music is good but obviously being good is not enough to get more people interested; a while back, I was reading about Adam what’s-his-face, the guy behind Owl City, about how he started up a myspace page around the same time I did. He didn’t tell anyone about it but apparently, his music was so good, the word spread about him and soon, he was up to a few hundred thousand plays. He then got a record deal, made an album, released a single… why can’t that happen with me?
I struggle with making people care about what I do, more than most people, it seems. I’m really sure either what I can do; sure, I can talk to more people and tell them about my music/writing/screenplays. I guess that would be a start.
Perhaps I just don’t have very good luck. Perhaps I’m simply not lucky enough. Perhaps my type of music just doesn’t appeal to people or perhaps I’m not as good as my friends tell me and the reality is that people don’t like to become fans of crappy musicians. Perhaps I will never be super popular, as well-known as I want to be (ugh, how depressing…).
But I’ll keep trying. As long as there’s someone listening.
Aaron
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Jessica Chavez Photography
Website:
http://www.jessicachavezphotography.net/
Twitter:
http://twitter.com/chavezfotos
Myspace:
www.myspace.com/jessicachavezphotography
Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jessica-Chavez-Photography/255382342651
Email:
jessicachavezphotography@gmail.com
Saturday, January 23, 2010
My Den at Authors Den
By Andrew Hayett
Hiya! Wow, this week went quite fast. I can’t believe how quickly time is passing lately. Just this week, I got my own Facebook account. (To see my profile and find out about how you can win a copy of my debut novel, click here). And this week, I also got an account at Writer’s Den.
Writer’s Den is a large (probably the largest of its kind) online community where authors and readers connect with each other. It is not like Facebook or MySpace, but it provides authors with their own bio page, as well as list their current works. ‘Dulcet’ is already listed as an unpublished work. But it will be published soon.
As of this time, I haven’t found either Stephenie Meyer, J.K. Rowling, or Nicholas Sparks (my three favorite novelists) on AuthorsDen. Their works are great and it would be awesome if they were there, too.
If you are an avid reader, then you can get a free Reader account at Authors Den. If you are a writer, then a free Author account would be better for you. You cannot get an Author account unless you have a work that will be published within the year.
I’ve got this account just for extra exposure. It can come in very handy, especially since I am currently promoting my debut novel. However, since Facebook and MySpace are much larger online communities, I might consider canceling my AD account. That’s a probability, I still haven’t decided. I’ll see what happens.
krik? krak!
Haiti.
The country that is on finally on the world’s radar, finally getting the attention it deserves, and the help it so desperately needs. Unfortunately, it was due to two devastating earthquakes. As tragic as that is, there’s no other way anyone would care about Haiti right now if it wasn’t for the earthquake.
Think about what most people knew about Haiti before this week.
-it’s a country
-might have heard something about voodoo
-apparently wyclef jean is from Haiti
Before January 2009, all I really knew about Haiti was that it was a country and its vague location. Then I took a class called Spirit and Story, taught by the amazing Lara Vesta. In Spirit and Story we read Krik? Krak! by Edwidge Danticat. It is one of the most amazing books I’ve read, one of the hardest for me to read, one of the most brave pieces of writing I’ve read, and a book that touched me forever in my heart and soul. That book changed our class. It moved us to raise $500 to by a cow for someone in Haiti through Heifer International. It moved us to create a Wikipedia page dedicated to the American companies that operate sweatshops in Haiti (apparently our sources weren’t up to snuff or we didn’t link them right so the page is gone now). It moved us to go to www.freerice.com and spend a good portion of our class pooling our knowledge to find the right definition. It moved us to create a Myspace page all about Haiti. It moved us to make a video:
At the end of the class I wrote this:
Like I said in class and in my journal, these stories were the hardest for me to read. Tracks was not easy for me to read, but I have been exposed to the tragedy of what happened and still happens to American Indians. But Haiti? I was in the dark about a country 720 miles from the United States’ east coast. I had never learned about Haiti so every part of these stories struck a chord deep in my mind, my soul, the essence of who I am. That sounds like fancy language but I am not sure how else to express it. Every night I read I could not help but cry. The power of Danitcat’s words, the power of the stories, the lies, the truth she tells, it shifted my entire world. They touched every single person in our classroom. Every single person wanted to do something, anything to help. And it is because of that that I challenge the mother who believes “Writers don’t leave any mark in the world” (Danticat 221). Because of one woman’s words, twenty-four separate people were moved to act, to raise money to buy a cow, to put knowledge where there was none before, to increase awareness and inform people ignorant of Haiti.
My heart hurts for Haiti. The outpouring of support is inspiring and I only hope it continues. Here are some links:
UNICEF: http://www.unicefusa.org/?gclid=CP6KscqGqJ8CFQZfagodrxkI0w
Red Cross: http://www.redcross.org/
Donation by Text: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/HaitiEarthquake/haiti-earthquake-donations-haiti-relief-efforts-text-message/story?id=9551199
California Nurses Association: http://www.calnurse.org/
Thursday, January 21, 2010
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Myspacing...
I’m supposed to be reviewing albums for Bearded but I’ve been distracted by Myspace and the lure of new music that I don’t know much about. Never put too much info on your profile, make sure your profile pic is of inanimate objects, preferably topiary – it’s so hip to be incognito. But yes, make sure the music is luscious and dreamy.
Bands for your pleasure:
- New Yoga
- Haunted Houses
- Silver Haunches
- Okinawa Lifestyle (from Tbilisi, Georgia no doubt)
Off and running...
Big changes for me as 2009 ended and 2010 began. A whole lot of factors and forces combined to create a perfect storm. And my life got more simple. And I let some things go. I found new levels of knowledge, found new teachers, new mindsets, new horizons, and new ways to think about life and career and living in balance and love.
Life really can be tremendously abundant and flowing when we let go and both believe and take some action. There’s absolutely nothing that can’t be accomplished. And it’s so much easier when I let the naysayers and doubters go. And find people who live in love and openness and faith.
I’t s really cool to not have to hide pieces of myself. I used to be lots of different people. One with friends, another with family, a third with coworkers and clients. But not anymore. I’m me. Stevie Ray. Poetic web developer. Dancer, singer, lover of God. If you want to know what I know or believe, it’s very easy to find. I’m on facebook and twitter and myspace and lots of other places. I expose my expressions, my poetry, my heart, my silly dance, whatever. If you’re not comfortable with that, it’s perfectly cool with me. Don’t try and change me and I won’t try and change you; best we just go our separate ways.
If, on the other hand, you enjoy the me you see, we should talk. See what we can build together. I love new projects. I love inspiring and helping people. And I love life.
Stylin’,
Stevie Ray
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Three FsihVille Tips For Mega Fast Leveling in FishVille
It can be difficult to determine where your priorities should lie, when you first begin playing the Facebook game FishVille. You may feel like you are drowning in decisions (haha) and barely keeping your head above water, as there are so many things to keep track of.
You will soon get the hang of things and you will want to come up with a good strategy for the long run. You will be able to advance into new levels quickly at first, but as you progress in the game, this will become increasingly more difficult. In addition, you will obviously want to move up, that way you can have access to the special types of fish and other items that are only available in the higher levels. However, if you have been frustrated by the difficulty of leveling up quickly in FishVille, here are a few tips that will help to alleviate some of that frustration.
Pimp Out and Decorate Your Tank
Once you have established a significant cash flow, you can start to spend some money sprucing up your tanks and adding some decorations to them. This not only makes them more attractive, but can actually help you to reach new levels quicker. This is because each time you buy a decoration; you will receive a bonus of experience points. These bonuses will vary in size depending on the cost of the particular item, but even the small bonuses will add up quickly.
Give A Little Love And Help Your Neighbors
Each time you visit a neighbor, you will be able to perform some chore to help them with the maintenance of their tank, and you will receive a small coin and experience bonus for your hard work. Just like the small bonuses for buying decorations, these can add up really fast, especially if you have a lot of neighbors to visit. You will be able to get the bonuses from each of your neighbors once a day, so make sure to visit each of your neighbors as often as you can.
Reevaluate Your Fish Options
When you first start out playing FishVille it is natural to choose to raise the fish that give you the highest possible coin totals, either in terms of the percentage return on your initial investment, or in terms of the straight size of the sum you can sell each fish for.
Once you have reached some of the higher levels however and have a significant reserve of coins build up, it’s a good idea to reevaluate the types of fish you’re choosing to raise.
Shifting your focus at this point in the game to fish that give you more experience instead of greater coin bonuses, is a solid FishVille strategy. Because any fish that you have raised will sell for more that you had originally paid for it, you will still be increasing your coin totals while at the same time, you will be able to level up more quickly.
If you can successfully employ these three strategies, you will be well on your way to success in FishVille and start moving up to the higher levels!
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"Race You" Premieres!!
The music video we created for band Elizabeth and the Catapult’s song “Race You” premieres on Yahoo on January 25th!!!
We are very excited to see this video go live!
BE SURE TO CHECK IT OUT ON YAHOO – JAN. 25th!!!!
Also, check out production stills from the shoot on our flickr page!
Saturday, January 16, 2010
I'm With COCO!
I can’t believe what I have read so outraged have I become that I am sending out this emergency weekend update.
They are trying to take Conan O’Brien off the air trying to take the Tonight Show from him when he just got it! Conan packed up his family and crew and moved from New York to L.A. and now because Leno is crapping out on his show and he’s crying for his old show back, so the studio exec’s are shoving their collective heads straight up their asses and allowing this to happen. Well if you think this is complete crap and think Conan should keep the Tonight Show then get on your twitter, get on your Facebook, get on your MySpace, get on whatever social network service you use and change your status to: I’M WITH COCO!
I'M WITH COCO!
My Vinyl Teddy "the Teddy Bear" Pendergrass
I don’t know about where you live if you live in a city in the U.S.A., but here in Hootyville I didn’t hear any radio stations doing a tribute to Teddy Pendergrass when word came that he passed away on January 13th. That is damn shame,but what you get when you have cold corporations running the radio of the day.
The first time I heard Teddy Pendergrass was back when the late, great radio programmer Frankie Crocker played a record by Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes called “I Miss You” on the first Black FM music station in New York City, WLIB-FM in 1972. They would play the whole eight minute version where the AM stations would only play “part 1″ and the Teddy’ Bear’s voice was the most powerful on this then new group. My favorite on that first album on Philadelphia International Records however, was (and still is) “Yesterday I Had The Blues”. That was the first time that Teddy really brought it emotionally, and shined distinctively on a song with his “cryin’” and pleading style. The other hit from the album was “If You Don’t Know Me By Now” (whose intrumental track sound very similar to The Eagle’s “Take It To The Limit, by the way), and again Teddy carried the tune and painted the lyrical picture.
Around 1973 WLIB FM became WBLS FM, and Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes second album, “Black & Blue” hit the streets preceeded by the single “The Love I Lost, part 1″. Back then many “soul” records had a “part one” and the flip side of the 45rpm record would be “part 2″ – a trend started by James Brown and Polydor Records I think. What was hip about that was that it created anticipation for the album (lp or long-playing 331/3) to come out so that you could hear the whole song without the interruption of having to physically turn the record over. I remember this especially benefiting this group on this particular song and once again Teddy Pendergrass was given more of a lead role and he ran with it. It also was the beginning of the “Disco” era, so when I as a “baby DJ” gleaned this, I would play it to fill the dance floor because of its really moving beat. The cover features the group clad in caberet-style tuxedo, and Teddy still tugging at your heart strings as he breaks it down. Another favorite on that album is the slow jam, ”Concentrate On Me”, where in their classic Gamble & Huff style, the formula was for Teddy to tell the story in-between magnificent chorouses by the rest of the group. I remember vintage radio personalities of the day like Crocker saying that Teddy was “taking you to church on that one…” Groups like these helped to form my notions about romance and unrequited love, and I still fall back on them during times of heartbreak (like in recent months).
1975 saw the group produce two great albums, “To Be True” and “Wake Up Everybody”. It also marked the first signs of a restless Teddy Bear; as I recall, he threatened to leave unless he received top billing, and so in a compromise of sorts they became Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes featuring Teddy Pendergrass. Teddy knew he made the sound of the group sell.
“To be True” spawned at least three hits: “Where Are All My Friends”,” To Be True”, and the biggest, most dancable one, “Bad Luck”. The group also intoduced a female to the sound for the first time in Sharon Paige who many of my classmates loved on the jazzy “Hope That We Can Be Together Soon”. Word was behind the scenes that she was included to vex Teddy a bit within his power-play. Lightening struck twice when later that year the second album dropped and Teddy led the way on a spirited cover of the Thelma Houston disco classic “Don’t Leave me This Way”. My personal fave on “Wake Up” is his work on “Tell The World How I Feel About’Cha Baby”, and the title track scored by touching a nerve within us all in a timeless way.
The next vinyl in my Teddy library, is simply entitled “Teddy Pendergrass” or “the white scarf album” as my mentor, the late Sonny Taylor called it. As the title suggests, he was now a solo act after a final dispute with Harold Melvin, who replaced him with someone I remember only as “Ebo” as introduced at Madison Square Garden’s old “Felt Forum” (now the Paramount). He was still written by Gamble and Huff, and the material and tempos were as good as every for “Pender-bender” which was another of the nicknames we gave him. It featured the hit “You Can’t Hide From Yourself”, the introspective “The Whole Town’s Laughing At Me” and a serious smash in “I Don’t Love You Anymore” among others. My notes scribbled on the back of the jacket give this album five stars back in March of 1977. Personal fave here: “The More I Get, The More I Want” ( he’d sing “ah-yeah” between verses). As I listen to the music Teddy left behind, it becomes apparent that he made the right moves with his career, and his timing was excellent for a good while.
There are two vinyls was never able to add to this collection, “T.P” and “Life Is A Song Worth Singing”. They were released sometime between 1977 and 1980 and included two of my faaavorite numbers, “Love TKO” and “Close The Door”. ”TKO” was so hot that even with the record company connections of a young DJ, I could not secure anything but a 45rpm of it until Teddy’s Greatest Hits came out in 1984.
Two years later, in 1979 (a great year for Disco and Soul music) his next solo album, “Teddy” or the red album was clearly a sexier effort. “Come Go With Me” and “Turn Off The Lights” led it off and were massive romantic hits which still sound sensual today. Later that same year “Teddy Live! Coast To Coast” , a double vinyl album hit just in time for Christmas on December 12th. If it had come out today, it definitly would have included a video, but in those days a full length poster of Pendergrass did just fine. During those performances, one In Philadelphia and the others in Los Angeles, he included a medly of his hits with The Blue Notes and by now the women in the audience were throwing articles of their underwear at him in adoration.
Little did he or we know that tradegy would strike and almost silence Teddy three years later when he had a Roy Campanella-style auto accident on night that left him paralysed from the waste down. There were several scandalous rumors surrounding that even which I’ll not go into here.
Teddy Pendergrass rose like the Pheonix though; the next vinyl in my collection, “This One’s For You” (1982) was a homage to his fans after he pulled through the medical procedures that followed his accident. Maybe the first track on there says it best about how he felt at the time, ” I Can’t Win For Losing”.
By 1984 Teddy had signed with Elektra/Asylum Records and subsquently sang the next three and final of my vinyls for that record company. The three now only photographed him from the chest-up; no more cowboy hats and suggestive gyration photos. “Love Language” featured the sexy, “You’re My Choice Tonight” which I played on New York City radio along with more introspective selections such as “In My Time”. 1985’s “Workin’ It Back” had eight five-star songs on it, including “Let Me Be Closer”, co-written by the legendary Linda Creed, and “Love Emergency”, co written by Womack & Womack. For the first time, Teddy’s star began to fade around this point, in my opinion.
The last and most recentl vinyl in my Teddy Bear den is 1988’s spirited “Joy” , which was produced by Teddy for Teddy Bear Productions, Inc. (see, he listened to us!) The first two songs are the stalwarts here as well: the title track and one of the best songs he ever sang after the crash, “2 A.M” which decribes the end of a party and alludes to taking home and to a more intimate level. The accident humbled Pendergrass as it probably would any of us, and his subsequent work showed it even though his voice never lost all of it’s sex appeal nor he the ability to orally interpret lyrics to evoke real feelings.
I just heard the end notes of Teddy fading off from a tribute to Teddy Pendergrass on the radio tonight, two nights later – on the PBS station! Bigg Upps to them and their warm teddy-bear selves.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
My lecturer told me...
…that each year, the standard of university students is dropping. Why is this? Yes, I’m still studying Susan Jacoby but maybe she has a point that technology proliferation is dumbing us down. The main difference between my university education, and my sister’s education, back in 2001, is that my peers have much more ‘distraction’ in the world. Ana did not have MySpace, Facebook or a mobile phone to entertain her.
I promise I will move away from this subject as soon as my deadline passes hah.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Swift Years at Shaika, Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal Friday nights
Upcoming Swift Years’ Gigs
Great music – mix of Irish, Hungarian with a blue grass flavour – frenetic mandolin playing, beautiful bass and zingalinging electric guitar picking and oft off-beat songs add to a flavourful evening of music a la Swift Years.
Patrick Hutchinson, Swift Years
Bob Cussens and Suzanne Ungar, Swift Years
Editors- In This Light and On This Evening
Review
Editors- In This Light and On This Evening
This might be painful… I don’t know if Editors sold their guitars for keyboards and in that act lost most of their sound that I loved about this band but that is what happened. In This Light and On this Evening is boring, bland and misses the mark. It has very little of the Editors old writing style about philosophy and life. Most of the songs seem to be speaking to some women who is not doing well and it’s the job for Editors to tell her how she’s messed up. It’s an album that makes me sad but not really feel any sadness. Feeling is what makes a band like the Editors work and it’s just not there. Also, the rushing distorted guitar that makes Editors music drive is not around and now we have a hollow space where most of these song lay. There are a few minutes where I’m thinking it could rock, but not really. Vocally it’s not reaching me either and his voice has less inflection and, does every song have to mention God or his lack of belief? This album, I’m sorry to say is a big disappointment and I was really interested and excited to see a new albums of theirs. The first song put me to sleep and the rest never woke me up. I can still say that I have not given up on this band for my appreciation for their first two: The Back Room and An End Has A Start, for they do kick my ass in emotion and intelligence, but In This Light and On This Evening gives me very few reasons to listen to this album again. Maybe I will somehow “get it”, but probably not. Well, now I’m depressed, but not from the albums feeling or lyrics but more about from how this album turned out. Try again please.
2/10 Replays
http://www.myspace.com/editorsmusic
http://www.editorsofficial.com/
Thursday, January 7, 2010
http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/seuforum/index.htm
Answering of the questions about our universe forum
http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/seuforum/index.htm
Pensive mentioned below the little serving as an example of my research result and see answering of the questions about our universe forum.
Our Place in Space:
Where are we in the universe? Answer of the question: Everything is past for us around the space and we all are in different locations of the past from any location of universe. That is to say; inside the universe, the environment situation of today’s our home planet is present before us but the same time outside the home planet is the past of all. In or under the circumstances: Own place is middle or center point, position of our home planet is center in the universe. From your location; you are a middle point in the universe and from my location; my brain is Centre of the Universe.
The Big Bang:
The Big Bang is the universe’s earliest known event. What powered the Big Bang…and what came before it? Answer of the question: At the time of beginning of the creation a part of the power of the nature became divisible as a result of the big bang. That is to say; Nature came before it and reflected power of the nature is the result of big bang.
Black Holes:
They are nature’s strangest creations. What happens to space and time at the edge of a Black Hole? Answer of the question: Everything of the world of matter including the present visible unit is the result of evolution. In or under the circumstances: space-time and physics at the edge of a black hole is the result of absolute zero.
Dark Energy:
A mysterious new form of energy seems to make up most of the universe. What in the world is it? Answering of the questions: see into- www.universalrule.info
More information, including images and other multimedia, can be found at:
http://www.youtube.com/my_videos?pi=0&ps=20&sf=added&sa=0&dm=1
As I see it through that universe forum and information is Beyond Einstein, also encouraging the spirit of discovery and sharing of fundamental knowledge about the Universe and our place in its midst.
Finally... I am done!
Talk about a tumultuous couple of days! I am so sore it’s not funny! I have finally finished repairing my van. I can’t believe it took so damned much to change the spark plugs on that thing! I mean, usually, vans are a pain in the ass, but, this was 10 times worse!
I am just checking in really quick, I am spent. I had hoped to have been done last night so that I could return to the gym tonight, that obviously didn’t happen. I plan on making my return tomorrow. I have some minor tweaking and finishing to do on the van tomorrow, but then i am free to go to the gym. I honestly feel like I have had one hell of a work out already. I mean I have contorted my body into positions I haven’t in years, I have stood at length and been on my knees for extended periods of time (no smart-ass comments please). I am going to sleep well tonight, in fact, I am going to go to bed early too!
I hope the new year is going well for all of you so far. I promise we will start with the weight loss related updates, as well as some really good political and social commentary tomorrow… One word… PROFILING!
Take care until then,
Kenny
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Tuesday, January 5, 2010
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An eye on 2010...after the NY hangover
Now we have got over the NY hangover successfully, I thought I would take a look at 2010…and this should be a really interesting year as the spectre of the GFC lifts and confidence returns.
Rather than add to the cacophony surrounding the expected announcement by Apple of their own tablet solution (see my post on Oct 22nd), I thought I would highlight some even more interesting things I have heard, read or think could well be just around the corner in 2010:
- Stronger competitors start taking greater iphone share; Google’s own android phone and Blackberry and SONY Ericsson new product launches. Not sure we will see Nokia fight back with a truly decent product until 2011.
- Keep an eye on the British election and party/politician use of social media platforms to motivate voters (and what party manages this the best and who reaps any fall out)
- Greater integration and distribution of AR platforms
- Increased consumer/SME understanding and use of the ‘cloud’
- War of Netbooks (highly portable PC’s using Atom processors) vs. smartbooks (larger, more powerful mobile phones using ARM processors)
- Increased talk about 3D TV – will early adopters buy into this with the glasses. Focus should be on getting glassless solutions down to a reasonable cost and deliver a headache free experience!
- Increased video on demand options
- Manufacturers clamour to develop and market the primary in-home entertainment system. SONY Playstation and Xbox beefing up VOD and app store offering and their will be increased web integrated HD TV solutions
- I wonder if Apple itunes are looking to roll out a subscription based content streaming offering, following their purchase of lala.com in US
- Facebook passing half a billion members and further ramping up revenue driving initiatives/inventory. Myspace launching new initiatives to reverse member free fall
- Gear up of 4G mobile services in Europe and US, with downlink data speeds that can hit 100 megabits per second – about ten times quicker than the fastest 3G networks.
- News International roll out ‘Freemium’ model (free content with extra paid for sections) to solve pay for content challenge. A prediction, but I wouldn’t be surprised.
- Social network platforms are better and more seamlessly integrated into brand campaigns
- Google Wave rolled out to wider users and business community
- If Oracle’s acquisition of Sun is finally approved this month, it could lead to some very interesting B2B developments.
- Interesting to see what Skype does over the next year in the mobile to PC voice/data space, following ebay selling a majority stake to the original investors in 2009.
- Increased online brand presence of FMCG companies, to attempt to build stronger loyalty
And some possibly further fetched thoughts; Google buying Twitter and News Int only allow BING to serve it’s news content, blocking Google using it’s content. Not entirely convinced about this, but who knows. We have seen stranger things happen!
What do you think?