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Has anyone else been paying attention to this service? Basically, it's a way to link all of your data and contacts from various social networks. A powerful sounding concept for sure, and I think it's a pretty interesting business problem.
On the surface, PA is definitely useful to anyone on multiple networks, assuming these networks will open their APIs and allow this whole thing to be. At a minimum, it would be nice to have a consolidated contact list of people I want to keep in touch with across networks. When I mention this service to friends/colleagues, they tend to respond with "Oh, neat, that's really useful." There are a million details for them to work out as to how to properly design the user experience, but I think the basic service (PA as an Identity Hub) is worthwile. This is particularly the case for services like LinkedIn. I don't go to LinkedIn to hang out or have fun or to meet cool people passionate about the same shit I am-I go there to keep track of business contacts. It's a tool, not an experience, and as such it lends itself to an aggregator like PA.
That said, what place is there for MOG in such an aggregated environment? Are the things that we love about MOG transferable to a general user interface/experience, or would they be too diluted by the compromises necessary to clearly and concisely deliver content from across the spectrum of social networks we're a part of? I tend to lean towards the latter case...
Anyways, it's Friday and it's been a long week at work and my head isn't in the right place to really analyze all the ins and outs of this particular service, how MOG might fit in, etc., so I open up the floor to everyone else.
This past weekend up in Seattle (where I'm living for the summer) we all got together and rocked out at the Capital Hill Block Party. I like the Capital Hill area a lot. If I ended up living in Seattle, I think that Cap Hill is probably where I'd hang my hat.
Now, as I mentioned yesterday I went a month between going to any shows...but I'd had the Block Party circled on my calendar all summer as a nice way to bring my Seattle experience to a close. The problem, then, is that I work this summer with nothing but MBAs. Which makes sense considering that I'm headed down that path myself, but...when it comes to music, MBAs are as lame as everyone here probably suspects that they are. This isn't universal (down in Berkeley there are plenty of MBA folks that are up with what's going down) but the crew I'm working with this summer...not so much.
That said, I rolled into the Block Party solo Friday night. I had this cocktail thingamabub that I had to go to right before the Party with a bunch of consultants (I am NOT a consultant myself, thank you very much) so I roll into the show looking like the biggest NARC in the history of outdoor community oriented music festivals. Yikes on me.
Still, I managed to make friends with a handful of strangers (as is my practise) and everything went pretty well. Got some beers into me, ate some cheap, not-that-crappy thai food, and settled in for the two shows I had been most excited to attend-Band of Horses and Pretty Girls Make Graves. Neither band disappointed.
BOH played through most of their one and only album, and even though they stacked the rockers toward the top of the set (weed party, great salt lake, funeral) the show's momentum carried it through the slower numbers and a good times was had by all. Awesome.
PGMG came to the main stage about an hour (and three beers for me) later, and proceeded to rock my fucking socks off. Now, I haven't listeded to a ton of these guys in the last few years. I loved their first album, was lukewarm on their second, and as such I didn't even check out their most recent effort...but I have to say, I might have sold these guys a little short. If nothing else, their guitarist can really wail, and there's nothing wrong with that, right?
And I think that's about it...thanks to all for your welcomes and warm wishes on my return, and I hope all the rest of the festival goers had a fine time of things this weekend (I'm looking at you Pitchfork Music Festival...)
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Awesome. I love it when a band's live show convinces me to give their recordings another listen. Just like I hate it when a band that sounds good in the studio, sounds bad on stage! The live performance is so integral, for me...
anyway, glad you had a good time.
Dude, I missed out.......and I live in Seattle! The only saving grace is that the Capitol Hill Block Party always has a local flavor so I have chances to see these bands all the time......but they were all at the same place at the same time......I'm bummed.
Hey...BTW....I have an MBA!!...and I love this type of stuff....and in Seattle, I really don't think I'm the only one......we're around....you just gotta know where to look.
Guess Who's Back? No, not Rakim (though I'll admit, I'd be way more excited about him than me if I were you and not me) but Exnicios. Holla.
I gotta tell everyone...it's been a rough month. Before this weekend (more on that in a moment) I had seen exactly ZERO shows since my last post, bought exactly ZERO cds, and all told-it was a rough music for me and music. Not through any fault of music, mind you (music-you know I love you baby)-but rather I was just lax in my responsibilities.
I promise, I won't let it happen again. It's good to be back.
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good to have you back, glad you and music are back on speaking terms, i know she has a temper
Go to some shows. Buy (or otherwise obtain) some CDs. It'll do you good.
I consider myself a recording musician, yet I hadn't recorded anything for months until yesterday (and in fact barely picked up an instrument). It went well.
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I like PA in concept. In actually trying to use it, I find it difficult to do anything I find useful. It will be interesting to see if PA develops into something more user-friendly or if another competitor takes the idea and simplifies it.
You mention LinkedIn...I think they'll be one of the last to open their network. Who else is in that space that they'd be worried about competing with?
I want MOG to be open - it's inefficient for me to post the same message within MOG and another network. However, MOG may not want to be open...
I can't even post HTML to my MOG, right (outside of a blog entry)?
That's a good point about LI. From a user standpoint it would be nice to have those contacts rolled in with everything else...but I agree that they'd be reluctant to open their API.