Comments on: cloud songs a reality http://gonze.com/blog/2009/12/04/cloud-songs-a-reality/ internet music technology since ~2002 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:34:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: The streaming music business is dead, long live the streaming music business | StraussBlog http://gonze.com/blog/2009/12/04/cloud-songs-a-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-4959 The streaming music business is dead, long live the streaming music business | StraussBlog Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:00:04 +0000 http://gonze.com/blog/?p=2225#comment-4959 [...] on-demand streaming music for years. So, their first reaction has echoed that of my friend Lucas: music in the cloud will now be a reality. But *how* it will become a reality matters too, and I think that’s been lost a bit in the [...] [...] on-demand streaming music for years. So, their first reaction has echoed that of my friend Lucas: music in the cloud will now be a reality. But *how* it will become a reality matters too, and I think that’s been lost a bit in the [...]

]]> By: Lucas Gonze http://gonze.com/blog/2009/12/04/cloud-songs-a-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-4952 Lucas Gonze Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:58:16 +0000 http://gonze.com/blog/?p=2225#comment-4952 That "3/4s of a step" formulation about Apple is really nicely said. Like when they went into selling songs by the download it was pretty retrograde even then, but it was also forward looking. Carefully modulated to avoid being too far ahead of the market or the customer. I think with syncing they were being sloppy and didn't know or care. When it comes to the internet part of things they have a gigantic blind spot. That “3/4s of a step” formulation about Apple is really nicely said.

Like when they went into selling songs by the download it was pretty retrograde even then, but it was also forward looking. Carefully modulated to avoid being too far ahead of the market or the customer.

I think with syncing they were being sloppy and didn’t know or care. When it comes to the internet part of things they have a gigantic blind spot.

]]> By: Victor http://gonze.com/blog/2009/12/04/cloud-songs-a-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-4949 Victor Sat, 05 Dec 2009 11:07:20 +0000 http://gonze.com/blog/?p=2225#comment-4949 cnet claims it's a gutting http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10409472-93.html that rings true considering so much of apple's process is non-automated as they have kept control over the public face of their products. assuming that's totally wrong (which is a lot more fun) and this is a play for cloud streaming, it strikes me how apple is always 3/4ths of a step ahead of the market. Nothing too out there, not even executing all that brilliant, but just forward leaning enough in a sexy, swarthy turtleneck. Speaking of not executing all that well... what's the asinine part of iTunes? Sync'ing, downloading and actual physical management of the files - it's the thing that drives mildly techie people batshit insane. What a happy coincidence (?) if the thing they paid the least attention to in the design of iTunes is the next thing to drop off the table. Were they being sloppy? or visionary in their prioritization? cnet claims it’s a gutting

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10409472-93.html

that rings true considering so much of apple’s process is non-automated as they have kept control over the public face of their products.

assuming that’s totally wrong (which is a lot more fun) and this is a play for cloud streaming, it strikes me how apple is always 3/4ths of a step ahead of the market. Nothing too out there, not even executing all that brilliant, but just forward leaning enough in a sexy, swarthy turtleneck.

Speaking of not executing all that well… what’s the asinine part of iTunes? Sync’ing, downloading and actual physical management of the files – it’s the thing that drives mildly techie people batshit insane. What a happy coincidence (?) if the thing they paid the least attention to in the design of iTunes is the next thing to drop off the table. Were they being sloppy? or visionary in their prioritization?

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