With the debate around new digital music business models in full swing, what does The Pirate Bay have to contribute? Co-founder Peter Sunde took part (via video-conference) in a panel at the SXSW Festival this weekend, and gave his views.
“What should actually happen is people should come up with smaller companies and go more directly towards the customers, and do crowd-funding or try alternative methods instead of the old ideas of how to fund things.” Which is interesting, given the current industry debate around investment in music, and alternative sources to the traditional label deal.
Sunde also laughed off last year’s attempted purchase of The Pirate Bay by Swedish firm Global Gaming Factory X. “It kind of died when it turned out the Global Gaming Factory people were more weird than the Pirate Bay people.”
Is It Normal is a website that pokes at the heart of the insecure teenager in all of us. I think it’s fair to say that we all have to small insecurities, burning questions or are simply freaked out by ourselves – well IsItNormal.com is the place to get answers!
Basically, you can vote on peoples questions and stories ranging from school, to sex, to drugs, to … well anything really (and I do warn you there are some weird ones on there that surely aren’t legal in the southern states!).
To vote and post comments on other people’s questions – there is no need to register. However to submit your own story or question for the critique of the buzzing community on there then you will need to. However, it’s worth it because you get answers fast.
So if you want to know if that habit, fantasy, tick or tendency of yours is normal, ask here at www.isitnormal.com
So the summer is nearly over and you’re wondering what to do. Sure, it’s not long now until big yellow busses start pulling up outside houses to cart kids all over the US back to school and as such the summer is over and the monotony of life kicks back in for a cold winter. However, there is one app that could appeal to your adventurous side before that too is shut away until next July – it’s called iYunque and it offers advice for, and indeed a virtual experience of the only rainforest in the US – El Yunque.
The main feature of this app is giving advice. There are maps, photographs, warnings and local information about the rainforest that will help you stay on track, literally. The maps are detailed and up to date with all the popular tourist and adventure routes taken today in the rain forest. The maps also point out good places to get a good view and nice places to take a little break and how to get to the area if you have to travel first.
Because it’s a rainforest it also offers a few words of warning about travelling alone into the forest and about the wildlife in there.
The virtual tour feature is also really cool for those who can’t make it. It allows you to tap on the map and it gives you information of that area and some pictures.
iYunque is available for download right here.
