Do what I say, not what I do: “How Odeo screwed up” as told by the, uh, well, guy holding the screw driver.

rexblog flashbacks: Podcasting needs no eBay (February 25, 2005) and here.

(via: Dave Winer)

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Radical concept (for 1998 or so): The Tennessean discovers there are artists who can make money from giving away music. (However, I think it is quaint they use “CDs” in the headline.) Reporting from somewhere under a rock, the daily newspaper of one of America’s major recording industry centers has the following quote in 2006:

“As radical as the notion of allowing fans to download an album for free may seem, Hutchison said record companies have been giving away albums to radio stations in a similar fashion since the dawn of the recording industry. “It’s the same principle, just a different technology,” he said. And it’s precisely because radio is still available as a powerful exposure vehicle for well-established stars that Hutchison doesn’t expect to see the likes of Madonna start offering free album downloads anytime soon.

Tune in next week when the paper discovers MySpace.

Naming rights: Mr. Roboto has put together a team of Nashville bloggers to participate in the annual grassroots community volunteer event, Hands on Nashville Day on September 30 (or their trendy MySpace page if you prefer). Bloggers already signed up for the team officially called Mr. Roboto Presents Team Blogger, Sponsored by Hammock Publishing* and Amerigo include:

Brittney

Chez Bez

Jag

Big Orange Michael

Steph. G

And, of course, Mr. Roboto and some really swell Hammorati

*Mr. Roboto insisted

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You too can publish a magazine: As I am always eager to pass along news of innovative web-print hybrid magazines, I am happy to point to this clever do-it-yourself guide for making your own print magazine from one sheet of paper.

(via: BoingBoing)

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rexblog flashback: From March 11, highlights of my first day of this year’s SxSW Interactive in Austin:

“Lunch with Summer Huggins at the Las Manitas Ave. Cafe (which is on Congress Ave.) where we saw Ann Richards. That was a highlight because I’d just read she was battling cancer and, frankly, she looked upbeat and perky and quite healthy.

Summer IM’d me from Austin this morning to recall the “sighting” of Gov. Richards and we shared that after seeing her that day, we didn’t think her death would come quite so soon. “Rest in Peace” is what I would typically say to end a post like this, but from her always apparent sense of fun and irreverence, I think Ann Richards might wish rather to “Rest in Feistiness.” She will be missed.