Agility Loop

Heading to the Social Networking Media Night tomorrow night hosted by Syracuse at The University Club. Looks like an interesting event... Hope it provides some interesting information and some new folks to network with.

I have continued to have a hell of a time getting my music to sync to my Droid.  I have now tried to install, uninstall, sync, and un-sync using Doubletwist several times.  Without fail, when I try to re-sync data at a later time, DoubleTwist hangs. I think I might have finally found a solution in the form of an app called iSyncr. iSyncr costs $2.99 and is run directly from your phone once it is plugged into your computer.  Although it takes a little more work to find the program and run it (it is actually copied to the root of your phone when you install it), once you do run it is lets you chose from your iTunes playlists and then it JUST WORKS.  The sync still took awhile (9 GBs took 2 hours or so), but IT WORKED.  Since then I made changes to playlists and the changes synced. It also syncs play counts which was a nice bonus. Definitely worth the $3...just hope it continues to work!

It is always entertaining to keep track of the old media vs. new media war. Old media still can't figure out how to handle the new way of business and continues to be left behind. Today's news of Blockbuster's new deal with Warner Bros is a prime example. A few weeks ago, Warner signed an agreement with Redbox and Netflix limiting the availability of new releases on those services for 28 days post release to DVD.  Today's agreement gives BB the ability to rent these titles immediately via brick and mortar and online. Double standard anyone? In all reality, business is business and the movies are Warner's to do with as they please. However, seems like a reactive business move and some old media blowing old media. Can't wait to see what happens when BB goes bankrupt.