Your point is well taken, but peripheral to my argument. I'm talking about indie fans not indie bands. I'm all for bands making money, and I support the indie labels signing with Apple. What I'm saying is that the group of people that will buy albums from those labels off ITunes is inherently smaller than from the big labels, even adjusting for the fact that less people cater to the small labels to begin with.
I definitely like the idea here, and I'll most certainly use it. But I think what isn't being mentioned is that indie music fans are inherently diehard about their music. They like that they don't generally see their bands on MTV. They like that the shows are in small, smoky bars. And many of them, myself included, like the idea of being in their town's local indie music store, flipping through wooden crates to find the gems they'd heard about from friends but not had a chance to listen to yet. Buying the cd, and reading the liner notes as it spins for the first time. And for the most diehard, buying the vinyl. I'm all for techno-progress, especially in the archaically defined entertainment industry. But don't expect the addition of these smaller labels to produce the kind of numbers for apple that the launch with the big 5 did.
actually, ipoding has a bit about how toast can easily convert aac to aif. there's other things out there about converting to mp3 as well, but as yet those techniques look cumbersome. but this one is apparently relatively easy.
http://www.ipoding.com/modules.php?op=modload&na me =News&file=article&sid=1142&mode=thread&order= 0
This whole debate seems to assume that microsoft is hiring based on performance on these riddles. It's crazy to believe that they would hire someone who could tell you why a manhole cover was round if they couldn't write decent code. Microsoft position is that code isn't the hard part. They're much more interested in creative problem solving. Admittedly, the more websites there are like this (http://acetheinterview.com is the one my friends and i used to prep for m$ interviews) the opinion i've read that all these things are testing now is memorization. but by the time you do the day interview at microsoft, you're pretty much writing code and answering design questions all day long. the riddles are for screening.
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Your point is well taken, but peripheral to my argument. I'm talking about indie fans not indie bands. I'm all for bands making money, and I support the indie labels signing with Apple. What I'm saying is that the group of people that will buy albums from those labels off ITunes is inherently smaller than from the big labels, even adjusting for the fact that less people cater to the small labels to begin with.
I definitely like the idea here, and I'll most certainly use it. But I think what isn't being mentioned is that indie music fans are inherently diehard about their music. They like that they don't generally see their bands on MTV. They like that the shows are in small, smoky bars. And many of them, myself included, like the idea of being in their town's local indie music store, flipping through wooden crates to find the gems they'd heard about from friends but not had a chance to listen to yet. Buying the cd, and reading the liner notes as it spins for the first time. And for the most diehard, buying the vinyl. I'm all for techno-progress, especially in the archaically defined entertainment industry. But don't expect the addition of these smaller labels to produce the kind of numbers for apple that the launch with the big 5 did.
although it's obviously trying to accomplish a different goal, i find gamerankings.com a great resource
something else along these lines came out a few days ago
www.shareitunes.com
actually, ipoding has a bit about how toast can easily convert aac to aif. there's other things out there about converting to mp3 as well, but as yet those techniques look cumbersome. but this one is apparently relatively easy.
a me =News&file=article&sid=1142&mode=thread&order= 0
http://www.ipoding.com/modules.php?op=modload&n
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This whole debate seems to assume that microsoft is hiring based on performance on these riddles. It's crazy to believe that they would hire someone who could tell you why a manhole cover was round if they couldn't write decent code. Microsoft position is that code isn't the hard part. They're much more interested in creative problem solving. Admittedly, the more websites there are like this (http://acetheinterview.com is the one my friends and i used to prep for m$ interviews) the opinion i've read that all these things are testing now is memorization. but by the time you do the day interview at microsoft, you're pretty much writing code and answering design questions all day long. the riddles are for screening.