Answers: Worked. Cooked supper. Ate.  Did laundry.  Drove children to and from school and activities.  Talked to people on phone. Saw people in person.  Wrote fiction and did fiction-oriented research.  Slept. Worshipped at church. Photo: Takin' a break from the cha...

The Record Industry’s TotalMusic Experiment Is Sinking Fast: "TotalMusic, the digital music distribution initiative created by Sony BMG and Universal Music Group, appears to be on life support - or worse." And so it goes. And, so do I. I know what you are thinking... "Hey Herskowitz, you were only...

I have converted. I never thought it would happen. There are some things that I expected would never change. This was one of them. It shocks me that I am about about to write what I am about to write. The thing is, it is a paradigm shift so major that I can’t keep it a secret. Ok, are you ready fo...

I'm sure Pandora, the DS and netbook frankenstein, will eventually reach the market. Seriously, it will. One day. At least here's a real-world prototype. Turned off. Like everyone who has been......

Filed under: iTS, Multimedia, iPhone, App Store Streaming radio apps for the iPhone/iPod touch are exploding in 2009. TUAW favorite Pandora was updated to 2.0 a couple of weeks ago, but it's hardly the only game in town. Back at Macworld, Chris Pirillo showed me StarPlayr for the iPhone, which lets ...

Hi all! Happy New Year! It is going to be a terrific year I just know it. I have lots of plans and goals that I will be working on this year and business expansion (hopefully) if I can get it all done. Had a great Christmas with my family here and in Illinois. I don't get to go home often enough and...

In the local newspaper today, my review of Kate Betterton's debut novel Where the Lake Becomes the River, a book that proved very difficult to encapsulate in 750 words. The headline of the piece, "As tangled and Southern as kudzu," could've been inferred from my first paragraph, wh...

Alerted by Asheville-based blogger friend Genie, I did last night what I normally do not do: venture out to see live music. Genie loves music and appreciates skill in creativity, so when she took the time to recommend modern gypsy Jason Webley, I took notice. I persuaded another person who appreciat...

Lots of experts and reporters, are saying the coalition is dead, and that Canadians can relax and go back to the business of ignoring politics. But, the stink lingers on in the minds of voters, and it's not going to go away anytime soon. I expect it to rear it's head again next election, not just wi...

More than two years ago, Pandora began working on a Windows Mobile client for their personalized music streaming service. Right as that project was entering alpha, they penned distribution deals with AT&T and Sprint, who both had one requirement: it needed to work on their standard, run-of-the-...