10 posts tagged “public”

Radiohead release their seventh studio album today and it's only available online and you set your own price.  Will you buy the album?  Do you buy the idea?

Maybe, I am not sure. I have never knowingly listened to Radiohead, but I like supporting interesting business models.

Do I buy the idea? I am not sure what there is to buy. It is great marketing. The success of failure will really depend on how much value the band provides to the customers. Some will want the band to keep making music and will either send them money for the CD or will go to a concert (or purchase something else). Others, like me, might pay nothing for the CD and will potentially become a fan. As the fanbase grows the amount of people who go to concerts and such increases & that is where label artists really make their money.

Reminds me of this post by TechCrunch.

I have been posting on Vox for one year. This post is my 290th post. Of those posts:

79 have been Questions of the Day
22 have something to do with Business
12 are taged Political
This is the 36th post I have made public for all the world to see.
I have uploaded 190 pictures to vox, but I have shared many more using picasa and flickr.

Some podcasts have been shared through Vox, and roughly 35 youtube videos.

I have about 35 people in my neighborhood that I keep up with as frequent as they update.
19 of my friends now have Vox profiles and eight of my family.

There are 4 private groups I use to communicate with specific groups of people.

It has been a good year and Vox has changed during it for the better. It will be interesting to see the difference between now and the future. When I first posted I stated that I like Vox for two primary reasons:

• Ease of use
• Privacy features

In honor of Vox's launch tomorrow, what's your favorite feature or aspect of Vox?

I have said this before, around the time I began with vox, but it is worth saying again.

I like the privacy features & ease of use.

I could write my own blog software, and practically have in the past, but this allows me to use a simple system without worrying with maintaining code and such. I like that many of my family members have used it. Then I like that I can control who sees what for I mostly blog for people I know.

I hope that vox adds more custom groups.

One of the major reasons I use vox as opposed to just blogging with another site or even setting up my own blog (I am currently running 4 sites with blog software or something really similar) is the privacy features.

A blog for Law Students titled "Top Law Student" recently did a piece titled Delete Your MySpace Page and most of the main points apply to almost everyone.

I plan on doing a full Tip Nation tip soon that will take his suggestions and apply them to Vox, because even though Vox is a better service, privacy wise, there are still some options you might want to consider including making your default posting to a private group.

Michael Geoghegan posted a piece he titled Radio’s Future?. He shares his story of taking a trip to a new city and how he can see the radio industry changing with more people turning to “personal radio stations” my words, not his. 

I have two things that come to mind. One is the current interview at Artist Insider with a radio promoter Jennifer Blair. Jennifer really goes into depth of talking about the current radio world. Today is the first day of free segments, but from what I have heard, the switch to personal media chooses might occur sooner, rather then later.

Second, I look at the Twit.tv network that is larger then most radio stations, with next to nothing in overhead, and has better audio quality then most radio stations. Leo Laporte has basically built what TechTV was in the “good old days”, at least TWiT plus some other podcasts cover most of what they use to do.

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I know myself, I take audio podcasts and load them up on my cell phone, that has a decent speaker on it. While I drive, I will either listen to a radio program I want, or turn on a podcast, or audiobook, or just some music on my cell phone. The only thing I would rather have is a line in jack I could easily plug into and be able to play it over my car’s system. I don’t want Ipod controls. I basically want to be able to plug any CD player or MP3 player into it, and it looks like a headphone jack.

I expect there will always be radio, but it might be satellite radio where I can program it myself and tune to my personal channel.

There are two main reasons I like Vox.

First it is rather simple to use, sometimes too simple for computer users like my wife. At the same time, it’s great for people who have never run a website or such and I have managed to get a few of my family members to already start using it. I see this as a great way to keep those I want to be close to informed.

Second there are privacy features. As I have already stated, I plan on mostly posting stuff for my friends and family, not the whole world. Today is an exception because Vox has sent me a few more invitations.

If you know me, contact me and I will try to get you an invite to Vox.

I am liking Vox so far, the biggest draw to it is the easy of use and privacy features. I plan on using this to keep my friends and family informed and up to date.

Therefore, I will probably not have many public items, at least compared to the number of private postings I plan to have.