Comments for Frank Hecker http://blog.hecker.org Mozilla, open source, and other random topics Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:07:37 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Amazon predictions, part 4: Additional digital music-related services by hecker http://blog.hecker.org/2007/04/07/amazon-predictions-part-4-additional-digital-music-related-services/#comment-1968 hecker Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:07:37 +0000 http://swindleeeee.wordpress.com/2007/04/07/amazon-predictions-part-4-additional-digital-music-related-services/#comment-1968 music promotion guy: Very few of my predictions regarding Amazon came true--pretty much only the conventional ones about Amazon selling only MP3s and trying out various pricing schemes. I think my other ideas are worthwhile, including the one about treating selling CDs as upgrades to MP3s and being able to get MP3 downloads as soon as you purchase your CDs. However existing licensing schemes by rightsholders will I think prevent this for the foreseeable future, until such time as the CD is a dead format in any case. P.S. Even if yours was a spam comment it was a relevant one, and worth responding to. Your prize is to get your link on my blog :-) music promotion guy: Very few of my predictions regarding Amazon came true–pretty much only the conventional ones about Amazon selling only MP3s and trying out various pricing schemes. I think my other ideas are worthwhile, including the one about treating selling CDs as upgrades to MP3s and being able to get MP3 downloads as soon as you purchase your CDs. However existing licensing schemes by rightsholders will I think prevent this for the foreseeable future, until such time as the CD is a dead format in any case.

P.S. Even if yours was a spam comment it was a relevant one, and worth responding to. Your prize is to get your link on my blog :-)

]]> Comment on Amazon predictions, part 4: Additional digital music-related services by music promotion guy http://blog.hecker.org/2007/04/07/amazon-predictions-part-4-additional-digital-music-related-services/#comment-1967 music promotion guy Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:33:28 +0000 http://swindleeeee.wordpress.com/2007/04/07/amazon-predictions-part-4-additional-digital-music-related-services/#comment-1967 how much of this has happened? how much of this has happened?

]]> Comment on Mozilla Foundation grants and related expenditures for 2007 by Safe as Milk » Blog Archive » Putting Oracle a11y news in perspective http://blog.hecker.org/2007/11/19/mozilla-foundation-grants-and-related-expenditures-for-2007/#comment-1936 Safe as Milk » Blog Archive » Putting Oracle a11y news in perspective Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:06:28 +0000 http://hecker.wordpress.com/?p=186#comment-1936 [...] to the GNOME Foundation, and supporting Orca is part of its accessibility roadmap. Mozilla has also funded work to port AT-SPI from Orbit to DBus, and other work on Orca and [...] [...] to the GNOME Foundation, and supporting Orca is part of its accessibility roadmap. Mozilla has also funded work to port AT-SPI from Orbit to DBus, and other work on Orca and [...]

]]> Comment on Mozilla Foundation grants and related expenditures for 2007 by Safe as Milk » Blog Archive » Putting Oracle a11y in perspective http://blog.hecker.org/2007/11/19/mozilla-foundation-grants-and-related-expenditures-for-2007/#comment-1935 Safe as Milk » Blog Archive » Putting Oracle a11y in perspective Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:01:23 +0000 http://hecker.wordpress.com/?p=186#comment-1935 [...] to the GNOME Foundation, and supporting Orca is part of its accessibility roadmap. Mozilla has also funded work to port AT-SPI from Orbit to DBus, and other work on Orca and [...] [...] to the GNOME Foundation, and supporting Orca is part of its accessibility roadmap. Mozilla has also funded work to port AT-SPI from Orbit to DBus, and other work on Orca and [...]

]]> Comment on Seneca College and open source education by Z-Wave http://blog.hecker.org/2007/11/15/seneca-college-and-open-source-education/#comment-1862 Z-Wave Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:38:24 +0000 http://hecker.wordpress.com/?p=286#comment-1862 Having worked on several open-source projects myself, I can tell you the one thing that's lacking isn't the talent or the developers passion, it's the coordination. Project management (PROPER project management) is virtually nonexistent and that ends up resulting in many 'cowboy coding' activities. They need to recruit more project managers to these projects, end of store. Having worked on several open-source projects myself, I can tell you the one thing that’s lacking isn’t the talent or the developers passion, it’s the coordination. Project management (PROPER project management) is virtually nonexistent and that ends up resulting in many ‘cowboy coding’ activities.

They need to recruit more project managers to these projects, end of store.

]]> Comment on eMusic to offer streaming? by hecker http://blog.hecker.org/2010/01/02/emusic-to-offer-streaming/#comment-1859 hecker Wed, 13 Jan 2010 01:37:12 +0000 http://blog.hecker.org/?p=1600#comment-1859 @TonyRz: Great suggestion, thanks! I didn't even know about that particular Napter option. @TonyRz: Great suggestion, thanks! I didn’t even know about that particular Napter option.

]]> Comment on eMusic to offer streaming? by TonyRz http://blog.hecker.org/2010/01/02/emusic-to-offer-streaming/#comment-1857 TonyRz Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:20:18 +0000 http://blog.hecker.org/?p=1600#comment-1857 Re: $5/mo for Napster. I suggest that you opt for Napster's quarterly plan going forward. It's the same price ($15/quarter), and you get your download credits (15) all in one hit. Never having more than 5 non-rollover credits means you never get to buy an album. And, IMHO, going quarterly means you're less likely to completely space out and lose your downloads because - whoops - it's the end of the month. I went for it on day 1 of my New Napster sub because of my generally positive experience on emusic with quarterly billing/refill instead of monthly. Re: $5/mo for Napster.

I suggest that you opt for Napster’s quarterly plan going forward. It’s the same price ($15/quarter), and you get your download credits (15) all in one hit.

Never having more than 5 non-rollover credits means you never get to buy an album. And, IMHO, going quarterly means you’re less likely to completely space out and lose your downloads because – whoops – it’s the end of the month.

I went for it on day 1 of my New Napster sub because of my generally positive experience on emusic with quarterly billing/refill instead of monthly.

]]> Comment on Mozilla Foundation grants and related expenditures for 2007 by joseph viso jr http://blog.hecker.org/2007/11/19/mozilla-foundation-grants-and-related-expenditures-for-2007/#comment-1841 joseph viso jr Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:35:41 +0000 http://hecker.wordpress.com/?p=186#comment-1841 we are looking for grants to help us gain exposure on the internet as well as provide accessibility products to those who need them.please let me know if you can help. we are looking for grants to help us gain exposure on the internet as well as provide accessibility products to those who need them.please let me know if you can help.

]]> Comment on eMusic to offer streaming? by Daljit http://blog.hecker.org/2010/01/02/emusic-to-offer-streaming/#comment-1833 Daljit Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:00:53 +0000 http://blog.hecker.org/?p=1600#comment-1833 I've been using a subscription to Rhapsody as my audition service (just like you described!) for years now. I actually originally started with a subscription to them, and was on the verge of cancelling it, but then I discovered eMusic. It gave my Rhapsody sub new life! If eMusic did add streaming, I'd probably drop Rhapsody entirely, or at least down to one of the basic plans (I've found some stuff on there over the years that I like that isn't on eMusic). I wonder how they'd integrate streaming on psuedo-grandfathered plans like mine. If they don't add streaming to all their plans, I've a suspicion that they would give us the shaft and state cost reasons (again) as the reason they can't provide us with streaming service. This would distress me greatly. On a more general note, I'm not thrilled with the trend towards streaming that things are taking. Maybe I'm old fashioned (?!), but I like to have a local digital copy that I can store and play independently of whatever the company I bought it from is doing. I don't want to introduce extra points of failure for the products I buy (or rent, as in a streaming model). If my ISP or the streaming source goes down, so does my ability to enjoy whatever music and/or video I purchased/rented. Maybe I'm just paranoid, but I've had drops in my internet service enough where this seems like a valid concern to me. I’ve been using a subscription to Rhapsody as my audition service (just like you described!) for years now. I actually originally started with a subscription to them, and was on the verge of cancelling it, but then I discovered eMusic. It gave my Rhapsody sub new life! If eMusic did add streaming, I’d probably drop Rhapsody entirely, or at least down to one of the basic plans (I’ve found some stuff on there over the years that I like that isn’t on eMusic).

I wonder how they’d integrate streaming on psuedo-grandfathered plans like mine. If they don’t add streaming to all their plans, I’ve a suspicion that they would give us the shaft and state cost reasons (again) as the reason they can’t provide us with streaming service. This would distress me greatly.

On a more general note, I’m not thrilled with the trend towards streaming that things are taking. Maybe I’m old fashioned (?!), but I like to have a local digital copy that I can store and play independently of whatever the company I bought it from is doing. I don’t want to introduce extra points of failure for the products I buy (or rent, as in a streaming model). If my ISP or the streaming source goes down, so does my ability to enjoy whatever music and/or video I purchased/rented. Maybe I’m just paranoid, but I’ve had drops in my internet service enough where this seems like a valid concern to me.

]]> Comment on eMusic to offer streaming? by Ross Gardler http://blog.hecker.org/2010/01/02/emusic-to-offer-streaming/#comment-1832 Ross Gardler Sun, 03 Jan 2010 11:45:23 +0000 http://blog.hecker.org/?p=1600#comment-1832 Streaming as "preview" would be great for me if they get the pricing right. I want my music everywhere I go but I also want to pick random tunes from random bands to see if I like them. Streaming as “preview” would be great for me if they get the pricing right. I want my music everywhere I go but I also want to pick random tunes from random bands to see if I like them.

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