Ge Wang Presents ChucK/Audicle

Ge Wang, CTO of Smule (social sonic iPhone apps) presents the innovative ChucK audio/music live interactive programming langiage for computer music.

http://www.smule.com/

Tim Ferris- Do Lecture/Author Of "Four Hour Work Week"

Profile:

Timothy Ferriss, nominated as one of Fast Company's "Most Innovative Business People of 2007," is author of the #1 New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Business Week bestseller, The 4-Hour Workweek.

He has been featured by dozens of media, including The New York Times, The Economist, TIME, Forbes, Fortune, CNN, and CBS. He speaks six languages, runs a multinational firm from wireless locations worldwide, and has been a popular guest lecturer at Princeton University since 2003, where he presents entrepreneurship as a tool for ideal lifestyle design and world change.

http://www.dolectures.co.uk/speakers/timothy-ferriss

Diane Warren/Realsongs-Publishing Leader/Songwriting Entrepreneur

Diane is the best in the business and completely independent. You likely do not know her name, but you will recognize all the songs she has written/published and the Artists that have recorded those songs. She is a musical genius and another hero that has succeeded as a businesswoman/songwriter on her own terms, with her own vision without diluting her artistry! She is unique in the industry.

http://www.dianewarren.com/

Richard Branson @ TED Monterey, March 2007

Well, Richard Branson (Virgin founder) is one of my personal heroes. This video extract is from the 2007 TED Conference. Another inspiring Brit (Thomas Dolby) was musical director for the TED conference and performed afterwards at the Kuumbwa Jazz Club, Santa Cruz.

http://www.ted.com/index.php/speakers/richard_branson.html

Janus Friis @ Midem

Founder of Kazaa, Skype & Joost...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janus_Friis

http://www.joost.com/

Flip Mino HD- Portable 720p Recorder

Here it is! 720P video, 1-click HD under $250 with custom graphics!

http://www.theflip.com/products_flip_mino.shtml#scene=sceneMain

http://reviews.cnet.com/digital-camcorders/flip-video-minohd-black/4505-6500_7-33392113.html

http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/11/flip-mini-camco.html

http://www.obsessable.com/news/2008/11/12/flip-mino-hd-shoots-720p-high-definition-video/

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Jeff Smith, Smule.com, Under The Radar

Smule just launched the awesome Ocarina! Now this is finally the mobile musical instrument for everyone! No case, no roadies and no years of bedroom shredding required because it runs completely on your iPhone (for now... and maybe later Android, Nokia etc!)

From silence to making global melodies in moments! Absolutely anyone can learn to play this inspiring modern version of the traditional instrument! Ocarina makes innovative use of the iPhone mic input for breath control of loudness and the multi-touch screen for fingering notes. Smule.com even offers a cool FREE Ocarina "finger score maker" so you can download, print or upload your Ocarina tunes!

• From iPhone download to music maestro in minutes
• iPhone Mic input breath control, multi-touch music note phrasing
• Wi-Fi listen to Ocarina global melody streams via 3D earth music surfer.

http://www.crunchbase.com/company/smule

Music2.0 Thought Leaders

Gerd Leonhard's Slideshow for Music2.0

Music 2.0: a web native Music Industry, by Gerd Leonhard

View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: riaa flat rate)

Zembly.com & Todd Fast, CTO

Sun's Incubator for social platform development- OpenSocial, Facebook.

A Social Development Ecosystem.

Web 2.0 Summit

A few keynotes/interviews from day 1 of Web 2.0 Summit

Blip.TV Web 2.0 Summit Feed

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10083937-2.html?tag=blogFeed