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As you’ll have seen by now (unless you’re reading this in an RSS reader), there’ve been a lot of changes round here - the design of stevelawson.net has now shifted into wordpress, the shop is still zencart, but has been given a facelift and most significantly, the blog is now hosted here too, integrated into […]

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There’s a way of viewing online marketing that I’m going to characterise as Technodarwinism. [Just to clarify, I didn’t invent the word, but I’m using it in this context to refer to a kind of ’survival of the best proliferated’, rather than the more positive possible meaning about the continuing evolution and bettering of technological […]

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This will (I think) be the first in a series of posts about this, mainly because it’s an ongoing struggle and area of conceptual development.
So, I’ll start by saying where my problem lies - a lot of the stuff online about being overwhelmed by email starts by talking about spam. Apart from when I’ve had […]

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A few thoughts that sprung from a comment response here and a twitter conversation, re: the myspace vs facebook thing.
One of the problems with being a webgeek is that it’s easy to forget to think how Webphobic digital-dabblers engage with the web. They often choose an ecosystem that feels homely, one that while not being […]

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So I’m dipping my toe into the world of video blogging - here’s the beta version, with me trying the camera and audio out on my lappy, and talking a little bit about some geeky Looperlative stuff… enjoy! :o)

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So iTunes have started doing an annual festival - itunes live. This year they seem to have a thing for collaborations, which do often, it must be said, make a gig particularly special.
And is no doubt one of the main reasons why the genius that is Leo Abrahams was on the bill - his new […]

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I’ve just finished my first joint podcast with Jeff Schmidt - we recorded it via Skype, and talked for about an hour about lots of musical things (we both were expecting it to get all political/religous but it didn’t this time - it’s going to be a series, so there’s plenty of time for that!)
Jeff’s […]

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Wow, I’m exhausted! The last three days have been pretty intense work-wise.
Starting with a gig Friday night at The Red House in Walnut Creek - it’s a fantastic venue: The Red House is a ‘health club for musicians’, the attendees pay a monthly subscription, and then get to use the rehearsal facilities, go to gigs, […]

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As I’ve said here recently, part of the problem with the notion of limitless downloads is the basic flaw in thinking it to be a good thing.
There’s never been an easier time to record and release music as a band or solo artist - anyone and her mum can get Garage Band or Audacity and […]

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As you’ll have seen yesterday, I’ve started posting my upcoming gig dates as entries on the blog - this puts them on the front page of the website, means that you get to read about them here, and also it means I can generate a separate gigs RSS feed direct from here, that contains all […]

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