Mavrix: Music + Data
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Setting Employee Goals In Startups – Our Story
During the first few weeks of our productive work at Mavrix, we did not set any goals for ourselves. This was simply because the work we were doing was very different from anything anyone of us had done before. There was no baseline information on effort, productivity, duration, etc. for this kind of work available…
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Freaky Friday Playlist April-15-2011
Weekly feature of songs we are listening to – randomly.
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Signs That You Are A Music Geek
At parties, you announce each song, the artists, the back-story and your opinion about the song. And that’s not it. You do it about 1.5 seconds into the song. When you come across a particularly obscure song, you ask the people around you to identify it, and shine your light of your brilliance after they…
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High Fidelity – A Movie/Book Review
You are probably not a music geek if you haven’t seen (the movie) or read (the book) High Fidelity. You are definitely not a music geek if you have seen or read High Fidelity and not enjoyed it. High Fidelity is the story of a single, insecure and rather pathetic man in his mid-30s who…
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-04-10
Top 5 frequently used trailer music. http://bit.ly/gkITiV # Bob Dylan's influence on the law. http://nyti.ms/fWEj6H # Cloud music -> Cheaper devices due to lower storage need -> More people with devices -> More music consumption. http://bit.ly/epMEDK 1/2 # Interesting justification. But does it work from the customer's standpoint? Isn't cost of ownership lower on local…
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Freaky Friday Playlist April-01-2011
Weekly feature of songs we are listening to – randomly.
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Mavrix Monthly Update March-2011
100 blog posts since inception. This is the 100th post! Updated FAQ. We tell you more about what we are doing. Went through a quick RFP process for the UI design of our service. Decided on a partner. Switched from BSNL to Tata Telecom after months of poor and unpredictable connectivity and bad customer service.…
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Why Music On The Cloud Does Not Make Sense
In a previous post, I talked about why streaming music would never be the same as owning a physical copy of it. Since then, Amazon has launched it’s Cloud Player which takes perfectly good physical copies that you can listen to directly and let’s you stream it over the cloud. While I understand people streaming…
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-04-03
"Sonu Nigam turns Bollywood composer" http://bit.ly/fFQz5L via DNA # "Just One More Year Until Digital Music Beats Physical CD Sales" http://ti.me/dXoCYq via Time.com # "Ranbir to perform live, turns real rockstar". Can he match Farhan Akhtar in Rock On!? http://bit.ly/h5ledt # If Munni has entered Guiness records- http://bit.ly/gfhj7F – why can't I find it on…
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Freaky Friday Playlist April-01-2011
Weekly feature of songs we are listening to – randomly.
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