Archive for June, 2009

Yesterday, I had the good fortune to sit next to Fred Wilson and hear his ideas about making a difference. Before the talk started I got to chat with him about my thoughts to take Loud Feed Open Source and he offered some very encouraging advice. It is great for me to be able to leverage being back in NYC, my home town. The Music Industry has a lot to learn from the game changing technologies that companies like Boxee funded by Fred Wilson are creating.

I just spent the previous two days at the Open Video Conference, which took place at NYU. This was an historic moment. From artists to programmers, a wealth of information was presented and discussed that is just the beginning for this group of people who came here from across the planet and will continue to interact through the Open Video Alliance. The alliance is putting together the principles of an open video ecosystem that will form a technical roadmap for a more interoperable and decentralized online video environment. Over and over, I kept hearing sentences, where I would think about simply changing the word “video” to “music.” (more…)