2009 was an amazing year for me. I decided I would end the year with a blog post version of my highlight reel for the year. Life has its share of ups and downs, but I feel like I get a lot more good than bad every day. For that I am grateful. It […]

Say What?
Great news for music fans out there who are sometimes lyrically challenged — a recent post by my brother in law Geoff about a “Cobra” illustrates the importance of this idea for you more completely. Pandora has begun to add lyrics within the information for each of the songs it plays. I can’t tell you how […]

Ladies and Gentlemen… Tim Westergren
In January of 2006, I discovered Pandora.com. Almost immediately, I began telling people about the site. A few days later, I even posted a thank you note on my blog to Tim Westergren, the founder of Pandora. Yesterday, I had the very distinct honor of introducing Tim at the Cincinnati Social Media Breakfast. My […]

Did you see this? January 9th, 2009
Time to share the love yet again. Here are some recently discovered snippets from around the web. Friend and former LUCRUM co-worker Andy Erickson was the featured author of an excellent article on Soapbox Cincinnati. comScore ranking of social sites — Thanks to fellow Kenton Ridge Cougar Bill Sterzenbach for sending this to me. SixRevisions.com has a […]
3 Free Tools for Great Music on the Web
I love music. I have spent a good portion of my life writing, singing, playing, and listenting to it. Regardless of the genre, great music is something I value highly. So, discovering new music I enjoy and rediscovering long forgotten old favorites from earlier in my life makes me happy. When I was a young college […]
Songza: Search Engine Meets Jukebox
Hey music fans. Check out Songza, a web 2.0 style search tool for music. Type in an artist or song name and songza will deliver a listing of search results linking to audio files. It then gives you a number of options including playing the track, embeding it in your web site, or ranking the […]






