Greg’s Musings
What’s on my mind at the moment…Archive for June, 2007
Slacker Wi-fi Radio
I read this week in the Wall Street Journal that Slacker, an internet radio player, has developed a device for the automobile that downloads music when in range of a wi-fi connection and stores it for play later. You create “favorite stations” that Slacker slots similar artists into and away you go. They plan to have a free service with ads and another for $7.95 that is commercial free. I have got to think this is making XM and Sirius a little nervous.
New Music Sources
A certain friend of mine that will remain nameless always wonders where other friends and I come up with some of the music that we listen to. I have decided to share a few secrets here on where to find some good music to help my friend get out from under his rock. Read the rest of this entry »
Community, Place and Food
The good discussion you folks brought up from my “Fleeing the Suburbs?” post sent me back to some old Mars Hill Audio Journals for some other interviews I remembered on community, the meaning of place and food. The one below ties all three together and is a free download from Mars Hill. Click on the interview name to hear the interview:
Volume 62, Lilian Calles Barger: Why the Food Court At the Megachurch Isn’t What Our Neighbors Need. Barger discusses the need for community at a scale that encourages unplanned face-to-face interaction.
