Just the blog of some guy in Austin, TX
I’m snipping this and posting it here just so I have a place to refer people when they ask, as they sometimes do, what the hell the appeal is of Twitter (for me, at least). This nails it:
Twitter is a social network, yes, but it’s a social network without the superpoke scrabtaculous zombie noise and, [...]
The RIAA says “MUSIC MUST NEVER BE AVAILABLE FOR FREE OR ARTISTS WILL NEVER MAKE A LIVING,” but what they really mean is “if people can download music for free, they’ll only pay the artists if they think their work is worth it, which means they won’t have to go through us, which prevents us [...]
At the last minute, I can’t resist participating. Thanks very much, Jeffrey; your work continues to inspire me and many others, though I’m still a little miffed I can’t go back and reread Mr. Jenkins’ Last Martini any time I want.