Check out a nice Slate article about the escalating battle between music services like Last.fm, which essentially functions as a popularity contest, and the superior and yet still flawed Pandora, which recommends music that weird music geeks think you might like based on what you’re listening to at the moment. It’s a good overview.
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Heavyweight coffee table publisher Phaidon Press has released Phaidon Design Classics, which provides an exhaustive look at three centuries of design. Richard Poplak at cbc.ca has written a decent write-up. For those of you who were wondering what to buy me for Christmas, stop wondering and just buy me this book. I also like fine [...]