Visual Capitalist
Visualizing 30 Years of Music Industry Sales
5 min · · A look at three decades of music industry sales. After a devastating decline, streaming services like Spotify are helping the industry regain its footing. · Shared by 305, including Mark Kaigwa, Stephen C Sanders, luis antónio santos, Oliver Ewinger, Matthias «Delay» Göbel, Simone Corsi 💻🚀, Bernhard Huessy, Elena Neira, fernand0, Nico Müller 🇺🇦, Thomas Telandro, Sam Proud, Josep M. Ganyet, Lucas Foster, Christian P. Stobbe, Greg Meyer, Klaus Eck, Oriol Farré, Philippe Surber, Dominik Grolimund
Stripe
Stripe Atlas: Writing copy for landing pages
20+ min · · Write copy that delights visitors, persuades prospects, and wins customers. · Shared by 208, including kp, Thomas Eichmann, Dominik Grolimund, Thomas Pleil, Michelle Boisson, Fabrice Liut 🍌🥑😌, Una 🇺🇦, Arne Keuning, Atul Pradhananga, Zain Fathoni, Klaus Eck, Bernhard Huessy, Davy De Pauw, Fabricio Teixeira, Adrian🇨🇭, Álvaro Felipe, Ruben Feurer
VICE
AirPods Are a Tragedy
12+ min · · Apple claims that AirPods are building a “wireless future.” Lay people think they're a symbol of disposable wealth. The truth is bleaker. · Shared by 177, including Tillmann Lang, Kat, Tris Hussey, Christian Fauteux, George M 🇪🇺, Dominik Grolimund, Glyn Britton, Bernhard Huessy, Chris {he, they} , 瑞拿頭, tante, Trent Walton, Neil Lee, Christina, Oliver Raduner, Chris Messina, Philippe Surber, faq-mac
Vulture
The Streaming Problem: How Spammers, Superstars, and Tech Giants Gamed the Music Industry
17+ min · · Making money in the music industry is more complicated than ever, and people are finding new ways to hack the system for maximum profit. · Shared by 172, including Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Andi, Joshua Walker, blinch, Mathew Ingram, Helmi, Bernhard Huessy, Matthias «Delay» Göbel, Janosch Tröhler, Dominik Grolimund, Sumomi, Thomas Power
The New Yorker
The Walkman, Forty Years On
5 min · · The gadget that taught the world to socially distance. · Shared by 160, including Steve Case, Sam Proud, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Simon Carless, Gerd Leonhard, Esther Schindler, Jeff Atwood, Claudia Sommer, Christian Surchi, Craig Mod, Klaus Eck, Austin Kleon
TechCrunch
Marc Andreessen: audio will be 'titanically important' and VR will be '1,000' times bigger than AR
6 min · · In a new a16z podcast with the venture firm’s founders Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, there’s a lot to enjoy, from Andreessen’s TV show recommendations to Horowitz’s secret to excellent barbecue. (It’s pretty much just “time,” as you might imagine.) More useful for our founder readers may be Andreessen’s predictions around tech and, because he’s […] · Shared by 158, including Nicolas Berg, Sachin Rekhi, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Thomas Power, Bernhard Huessy, Dave Kemp, Gideonro, Brian Roemmele, Johannes Lenz, Romain Lalanne, Enrique Dans, Taylor Pearson
The Nation
What Even Is Spotify?
8 min · · Is it a streaming giant? Ad-tech broker? Social network? A new book pulls the curtain behind the mysterious company. · Shared by 153, including Christopher Sikkenga, Johannes Dornisch, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, jenny odell, Bernhard Huessy, Kyle Chayka, tante, MIT Press, sascha aßbach, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Matthias Lampe, Yvette Dubel, Mark Kaigwa
The Atlantic
Workers Love AirPods Because Employers Stole Their Walls
5 min · · In the open-plan office, wireless headphones are the new cubicles. · Shared by 87, including Guy Massé, bouiboui, Yehuda Katz, Florian Hanke 🍎, mastodon.social/@renestalder, Gideonro, Esther Schindler, Trey Tweets Into the Void, Bjorn Larsen, Bernhard Huessy
The Wall Street Journal
All Ears: Always-On Listening Devices Could Soon Be Everywhere
1 min · · Tiny microphones are moving us toward a world in which all gadgets can respond to a voice command. For those worried about privacy: meet a $200 trash can. · Shared by 48, including Claudia Sommer, tektology, Brian Roemmele, Chris Messina, Grégoire Japiot 🌻, Stephan Woodtli, Bernhard Huessy, Ron McIntyre
soundiiz.com
Soundiiz - Convert and import your playlists
· Convert and import playlists Spotify, Deezer, Youtube, Discogs, Soundcloud, Rdio, Qobuz, Napster, Groove Music, Tidal, Dailymotion, Itunes, Tomahawk, Rhapsody, PLS, M3U, XSPF. · Shared by 43, including Dorian, P.E. Moskowitz, Bernhard Huessy, Mike Taylor, iCulture.nl
Mashable
Here’s what you need to know about Clubhouse, the invite-only social app
4 min · · It's invite only. And celebs love it. · Shared by 42, including Bernhard Huessy, Mark Hogan, Thomas Power, Jane Manchun Wong, Stephanie A Kowalski, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, AJ Ghergich, Real Marsha Wright®
WIRED
Our Favorite Audiophile-Grade Gear for Serious Listening
2 min · · Interested in getting insane audio quality? From speakers and headphones to streaming amps, here are our favorite tools for gold-plated listening. · Shared by 41, including Nicolas Babin, Bernhard Huessy, Alicia Cocchi
NFX
Reinforcement: The Hidden Key to Building Iconic Tech Companies
5 min · · By James Currier, Managing Partner, NFX (@JamesCurrier)Every iconic company to come out of Silicon Valley in the last 25 years has done the same three things:Product-market fit. “Right idea, right… · Shared by 39, including Nir Eyal, Pawel Chudzinski 🇺🇦, Joan Lockwood, Bernhard Huessy, Dominik Grolimund
Mozilla
Modern codecs like AV1 can bring better quality video to the open web
6 min · · Here’s a surprising fact: It costs money to watch video online, even on free sites like YouTube. That’s because roughly 80% of web videos rely on a patented technology called the H.264 video codec that lets engineers shrink large media files and transmit them quickly over the internet. · Shared by 38, including Dominic Grzbielok, Stephan Woodtli, Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Agustin, Bernhard Huessy
The Verge
Spotify vs. Apple Music: the best music streaming service
5 min · · Popular music streaming services compared · Shared by 37, including Faizal Ardiansyah, Howard Getson
medium.com
Neuroscience Says Listening to This Song Reduces Anxiety by Up to 65 Percent
· Sure to both stir your soul and calm your nervous system. · Shared by 32, including mary elisabeth, Bernhard Huessy, Howard Getson, Martin Soorjoo, Jo Gifford 🙋🏻♀️😄, Jane IMAGINABLE McGonigal ❤️