tags: remix culture

2012

June

2012 Jun 8

it's the way it's put together

So, yeah, up until 1 am for no good reason, except I got sucked into YouTube and the Hype Machine, finding covers and mashups of pop songs that have finally burrowed their way into my consciousness after constant exposure. And it both delights me and makes me a little wistful that I'm not the first person who thought two songs just happened to fit really well together not just thematically (lyrically speaking) but even in terms of key signature and rhythm.

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2016

February

2016 Feb 8

Sturgeon's Law Meets Moore's Law

It's true that technology lets us produce products and content at a much faster rate and at a much greater volume but if Sturgeon's Law is correct (90% of everything is crap) then we're also producing almost a magnitude of order more crap vs. product/content at a much faster rate and at a much greater volume.

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