Highlights: Sir Mix-A-Lot, Pearl Jam, Death Cab, KEXP and music in the digital age

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The noontime panel at Seattle Interactive Conference today featured a great lineup of musicians and others involved in the music industry for a discussion of how the digital-music era is shaking out, and what it means for them and music fans. Moderated by KUOW-FM’s Ross Reynolds, the panel consisted of Sir Mix-A-Lot, Death Cab for Cutie… Read More…

Testing out KUOW’s new Android and iPhone apps

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I’m a big fan of on-demand audio via smartphone — particularly from local radio stations. Here’s why: Frequently I’ll catch the end of a segment or show in my car and want to hear the whole thing on my phone, via my car’s auxiliary jack. Oftentimes that means navigating to the station’s webpage on the mobile browser,… Read More…

Intellectual Ventures, Mac OS X Lion, and Windows 8 (KUOW)

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This American Life’s investigation of Intellectual Ventures offers some important lessons for the tech industry, Mac OS X Lion signals a change in how we’ll use our computers, and Microsoft starts hiring again, albeit at a slower pace than Amazon and Google. Those were among the topics I talked about with host Steve Scher this… Read More…