Comments on: TWiST #22 with John MacFarlane http://thisweekinstartups.com/2009/10/twist-22-with-john-macfarlane/ Mon, 03 May 2010 14:16:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Colleen Gaskin http://thisweekinstartups.com/2009/10/twist-22-with-john-macfarlane/comment-page-1/#comment-4463 Colleen Gaskin Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:25:29 +0000 http://thisweekinstartups.com/?p=461#comment-4463 would it be possible to translate your website into spanish because i have difficulties of speaking to english, and as there are not many pictures on your website i would like to read more of what you are writting. would it be possible to translate your website into spanish because i have difficulties of speaking to english, and as there are not many pictures on your website i would like to read more of what you are writting.

]]> By: David Liszewski http://thisweekinstartups.com/2009/10/twist-22-with-john-macfarlane/comment-page-1/#comment-659 David Liszewski Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:43:38 +0000 http://thisweekinstartups.com/?p=461#comment-659 Interesting podcast. I appreciate hearing a hardware story. I was surprised there was no mention of either EMusic or LaLa - two services I go to first for purchase and discovery. EMusic has a mp3-of-the-month model. The catalog is rich for indie snobs, jazz geeks and folkies and cost per track is way less than Amazon or Apple. Downloads have been DRM-free since day one in 1998. LaLa has locker-in-the-cloud plus free-but-limited on-demand streaming plus one button download purchase. Price ratio for MP3 vs. unlimited cloud play is 10 to 1. But it is the UI that sold me. Bleeping perfect - it feels like a device. Nobody else has this right. You can browse anything without disturbing player, playback or queue. Also FB & twitter tie-in. I'm not an insider with either of these, just a techie who loves music. Interesting podcast. I appreciate hearing a hardware story.

I was surprised there was no mention of either EMusic or LaLa – two services I go to first for purchase and discovery.

EMusic has a mp3-of-the-month model. The catalog is rich for indie snobs, jazz geeks and folkies and cost per track is way less than Amazon or Apple. Downloads have been DRM-free since day one in 1998.

LaLa has locker-in-the-cloud plus free-but-limited on-demand streaming plus one button download purchase. Price ratio for MP3 vs. unlimited cloud play is 10 to 1. But it is the UI that sold me. Bleeping perfect – it feels like a device. Nobody else has this right. You can browse anything without disturbing player, playback or queue. Also FB & twitter tie-in.

I’m not an insider with either of these, just a techie who loves music.

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