Panda Bear Tiny Desk! Finally!
Update: I wish he recorded more songs!
We didn’t do couchella this year, so I’m just catching up on a few performances. Benson Boone’s performance of “Bohemian Rhapsody” with Brian May was everything I hoped it would be.
It’s worth your time to watch Chris Anderson’s interview with Sam Altman at TED.
I finished The Courage To Be Disliked today, sitting outside of gget in Los Feliz. It was one of those books that I had to force myself to finish, which isn’t something I usually do. I did not particularly enjoy the book, though I did enjoy learning about Alderian psychology. I would have rather have learned about it, not through what read like a fake interview (most of the time), but as different kind of book. All that said, I’m certain what I learned will stay with me for a while and I’ll be processing it for some time.
Had a good time jailbreaking my trusty 2013 Kindle Paperwhite last night before bed.
I couldn’t allow the day to pass without mentioning that Sublime is now open to the world. I’ve been using Sublime for many months at this point. I’ve attended webinars, I’ve given lots of feedback and have spent some time talking to Sari. I don’t remember the last time I’ve seen an app build the way they did Sublime. Some of it is similar to other apps, but it really is unique and singular in a lovely way. Anyway, all of this to say congrats to Sari, Alex and everyone else at Sublime. Today is a Big Fucking Day.
The awesome people at Flipper Devices created a cool and extra nerdy Pomodoro timer called BUSY Bar.
I hadn’t tried the new Reeder until this week and it’s pretty cool. I think because I consider myself a power user of RSS, the newer apps like Reeder, Tapestry and Surf are just not as appealing to me as they might be to someone who is just getting into RSS. I have a workflow that works for me and if it aint’ broke… But when I installed and started playing with Reeder, I kinda liked it. I get it.
Remembering Dave Allen
I was looking through my photos. I know I have at least a couple of Dave and I from SXSW. Apple Photos couldn’t find any though.
I’m still processing that we lost Dave Allen. I really liked Dave a lot and I know I wasn’t alone. He was such a cool and kind person who I’d known personally since the early aughts. I think we might have met for the first time when I was at Topspin, but he’s a legend whose music I enjoyed so much. We would grab coffee or a meal when we visited one another’s home towns. He cared deeply about music artists getting paid and was very much in the mix in the early days of streaming, fighting to make sure things were “artist friendly”.
Last October I was out with my friend Parker, seeing Hania Rani perform at The Masonic Lodge at The Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Somehow Dave came up and I learned that Dave had been suffering from early-onset dementia of some kind, which explained why he hadn’t responded to texts. So much of his brilliant mind was gone and now his entire physical being is gone. While we have his music, I will miss him as a person. He made a dent. He left a mark.
Rest in power, Dave.