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2011 Mobile Internet Usage

2011 Mobile Internet Usage

By Ryan Van Etten on 02/23/2012

Over the past year (and longer) Luke Wroblewski (@lukew) has been tracking mobile usage and posting lots and lots of statistics. The overall trend is undeniable: mobile is exploding. If you need convincing, scroll on down. Luke is a leading thinker in the mobile space, well known for popularizing the concept of mobile-first design, and [...]

Posted in Apps, Design, News, Visual | Tagged Android, ebay, Facebook, Fandango, games, internet, iPad, iPhone, Luke Wroblewski, m-commerce, mobile, mobile dev, mobile games, mobile music, mobile trends, mobile usage, pandora, research, smartphones, social media, stats, trends, Twitter, web design | Leave a response

Turn Up The =Bas=

Turn Up The =Bas=

By Ryan Van Etten on 01/08/2012

You may know that in the A-side of 2011 I had the chance to do the web design for a project of massive value to musicians: the web version of Bas Grasmayer‘s thesis about marketing music through non-linear communication. He studies progress in music business since the MP3 and develops the ecosytem model for marketing [...]

Posted in Music, Music Flux, News, Visual | Tagged artist-fan relationship, Bas Grasmayer, Bas thesis, CwF (connect with fans), Deadmau5, direct-to-fan, Ecosystem Model, free culture, graphics, Internet Generation, Kevin Kelly, marketing, music discovery, MusicBiz, Non-linear communication, poster, research, social music, tribes, web design | Leave a response

Musicians—Money Is Not Motivation

Musicians—Money Is Not Motivation

By Ryan Van Etten on 11/24/2009

Musicians (artists) are driven by a fundamental need to create. Music is their art and their expression. Even in a world without money there would be music, and arguably there would be even more music (and other art) than there is today. In his 2009 TED talk, Daniel Pink makes a strong case relating the science of motivation to creativity and business.

Posted in Editorial, Infoculture, Music, Music Flux, Popular | Tagged artwork, behavior, business, change, consumers, creativity, Daniel Ek, Daniel Pink, direct-to-fan, empowerment, engagement, entertainment, fans, human, idea, money, motivation, music industry, MusicBiz, musicians, P2P, Pink Floyd, piracy, platform, positivity, psychology, purpose, research, revenue, science, social media, sociology, Spotify, streaming, TED | 11 Responses

RSS Music Gear Reviews – Audiofanzine

  • Kemper Profiling Amplifier Review
  • How low can you go? Use an octave divider, and find out!
  • Yamaha Pacifica PAC611HFM Review
  • Identify and remove obstacles that get in the way of great recordings
  • Universal Audio Apollo Review

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