Author Archives: Shane Perris
How to host and stream your own mp3s with JW media player
Note: this tutorial was for version 3.15 of JWPlayer. It is now up to v4.2. The customisation wizard may or may not work with v3.15. An older version of this post demonstrated the customisation by changing colors. However, that code … Continue reading
Yahoo Design Tools: Yahoo’s hidden gem
With all the fuss surrounding the will they/won’t they merger of Microsoft and Yahoo, it has been surprising to see just how many cool and interesting things there are buried inside the Yahoo corporation. There is much more to Yahoo … Continue reading
Trent Reznor does it again
I’ve got a guest post up at sarahintampa.com (the blog of Grand Effect and ReadWriteWeb writer Sarah Perez) on the new Nine Inch Nails release The Slip and how Trent Reznor continues to lead the way in ‘music 2.0’. Over … Continue reading
Twitter censorship?
Trust Australians to take a frivolous and whimsical web service that was starting to take itself too seriously and get really immature with it. :D Bless each and every ███████ one of you, you █████!
Data Portability: do normal people even care?
Data portability is the idea that individuals have control over their data online and can determine how they and others can use that data (if at all). Some examples of what data portability could be include: your profile ‘auto-filling’ when … Continue reading
How to stream mp3s with Yahoo Media Player
A nod of the head to Amit at Digital Inspiration for pointing me in the right direction for the Yahoo Media Player with his post “How to embed mp3 audio files in web pages”. There are two versions to the … Continue reading
Has Radiohead missed the point?
Radiohead has once again hit the headlines with an ‘innovative’ new media way of promoting the band and the music. They have broken down their latest single ‘Nude’ into 5 stems (vocal, guitar, bass, drums, the rest) and made each … Continue reading
Stream your own mp3s with the Google Reader player
Many of you will, at some stage of your life, want to host and stream your own mp3 file of some sort. Some of you will want to host a podcast (egads! don’t do that on your own sever! Use … Continue reading
Server problems
UPDATE 15/3/08: everything seems to be fixed now, but if you had any bookmarks they might not work. You may wish to bookmark any pages again. Sorry for the inconvenience and I’m looking into setting up some redirects as well. … Continue reading
Mobbing the echo chamber
Two issues dominated the tech blogosphere this week: Jason Calacanis dared to suggest that people working for a startup might need a different work ethic to someone punching in 9-5; and Business journalist Sarah Lacy apparently bombed an interview with … Continue reading
