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How to Publish A Podcast

In How To on 26 October 2011 tagged blogger, dropbox, feedburner, how to, iTunes, music, podcast, tumblr with no comments

I’m writing this as a tutorial for volunteers at CFUR Radio, but I figured I may as well publish it here, too, for anyone who’s interested. Bear in mind this is only my set-up, and I am by no means a pro podcaster. My method is designed to be a) free and b) relatively easy. [...]

How (And Why) To Start A Music Blog With Tumblr

In How To, music, social media on 5 August 2011 tagged blog, music, social media, streampad, tumblr with 3 comments

This is a post written out of selfishness. Every day on Facebook, Twitter (and now Google+) I see people posting their “song of the day” or week or moment. And often these are people whose music tastes I like. But more often than not, their linking to a YouTube page or some other independent website, [...]

Email Subject Lines: Get to the Subject

In How To, tools on 20 June 2011 with no comments

Recently, I’ve been trying to manage my inbox better. And part of that has been helping other people manage their inboxes better. I do this by being more conscious of the emails that I send. The biggest thing is, I try to let people know what the email is about without them having to open [...]

How Do You Music, Part Four: Tumblr/ex.fm (Music Discovery and the Web)

In How To, music on 8 March 2011 tagged ex.fm, shuffler.fm, streampad, trntbl.me, tumblr with 4 comments

Alright, now we’re into the service that started it all: Tumblr. More specifically, Tumblr and it’s music apps, primarily ex.fm. Full How Do You Music? Series: Introduction The Hype Machine CBC Radio 3 Soundcloud Last.fm [note: originally this was going to be my last post, but I've decided to add Last.fm to the series, for reasons [...]

How Do You Music, Part Three: Soundcloud (Music Discovery and the Web)

In How To, music on 5 March 2011 tagged soundcloud with no comments

Alright, so I promised this two days ago, but things got…. crazy. I’m sure no one was waiting with baited breath, but I do want to finish what I started here. So today, I’m going to be getting into Soundcloud: Full How Do You Music? Series: Introduction The Hype Machine CBC Radio 3 Tumblr/ex.fm Last.fm [...]

How Do You Music, Part Two: CBC Radio 3 (Music Discovery and the Web)

In How To on 2 March 2011 with no comments

In this series, I’m providing an overview of how I use the web to discover music. Today: CBC Radio 3. Full How Do You Music? Series: Introduction The Hype Machine Soundcloud Tumblr/ex.fm Last.fm Yesterday, I wrote about the Hype Machine, which is a pretty comprehensive music discovery site. But it doesn’t cover everything. For one, [...]

How Do You Music, Part One: The Hype Machine (Music Discovery and the Web)

In How To, music on 1 March 2011 with no comments

Part one in my music discovery series is the Hype Machine. I actually don’t know how I first discovered the Hype Machine, but it is the best place to discover music, artists, and even genres you wouldn’t otherwise be exposed to. Where services like last.fm and Pandora are about finding music that they already know [...]

How Do You Music? A Series on Music Discovery and the Web

In How To, music on 28 February 2011 with no comments

Here’s a series I’ve been mulling for a while. I’m doing it now following a conversation over on Tumblr about a decline in people listening to audio posts. My response was basically a sketch of how I go about discovering new music, so I figured I might as well fill it out now. So, over [...]

How to Customize Which Photos Of You Are Displayed in Your New Facebook Profile

In How To, social media on 6 December 2010 tagged Facebook, how to, photos, profile, social media with 4 comments

This morning, I upgraded to the new Facebook profile. I immediately didn’t like it. I know: ultimately, Facebook’s gonna do what Facebook’s gonna do and none of us our going to quit over it. Customize those privacy settings and don’t post anything you don’t expect to be public and be done with it on that [...]

How to Add CBC Radio 3 to Firefox Search Bar

In How To, tools on 28 August 2010 tagged CBC Radio 3, Firefox, search, sidebar, toolbar with 2 comments

One of the things I like most about Firefox is the add-ons, in particular the custom search bar over in the top right corner. It allows you to search Google, Wikipedia, YouTube, and any number of other services directly without having to navigate to the website first– a real time-saver if you spend any length [...]