Radley Marx

iPad/iPhone/iPod (iPOS) as Open Platform… Why Bother?

A friend asked me on Twitter this morning:

Why is flash such a contentious issue for Apple? licensing? processing overhead? them wanting to own everything?

Really it all boils down to this: the iPOS is Apple’s end-to-end platform from the processor to the hardware to the operating system, media and communication software, all the way up to the point of sale for music, video, books, and applications to the end users. All of it 100% Apple.

So why bother? More »

New Old School DJ Mix: “Hamsters Hoovers and Toy Pianos”

Happy to announce I just finished up a new 90+ minute old school mix full of the great sounds of early techno and UK hardcore (’91 – ‘94):

Download (220MB, 320k)

or

Mixcloud (web player)

For those that need an explanation, the title comes from nick-names from the genre: hamsters for the sped up vocal samples, hoovers for the Juno stabs and builds, and toy pianos for that slightly out of tune, tinny kiddy piano sound. More »