Drew McManus
Sometimes, The Best Things In Life Are Free
Fri, Jul 7, 2008
by Drew McManus
That’s certainly the case with MozBackup, the simply fantastic software utility designed to backup of Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird profiles (if you don’t use Firefox, you should – IE7 and Safari don’t compare). According to their website, MozBackup “allows you to backup and restore bookmarks, mail, contacts, history, extensions, cache etc.” However, the unmentioned value
The Adventure Begins
Thu, Jul 7, 2008
by Drew McManus
Starting July 11th, 2008 I will be out of the US for a full month to work on a consulting project. I’ll certainly continue blogging while away although I have not yet discussed the option of writing about the project with the employer and since my strict policy is to never write about work projects
Forget Dress Codes On Stage, What About The Office?
Wed, Jul 7, 2008
by Drew McManus
Sometimes your memory plays tricks on you but sometimes it delivers a misplaced treat. I was the fortunate recipient of the latter this week when an article from NewMusicBox.com c. 2004 (which is ancient history in Internet years) popped into my head. Written by Joseph Dalton shortly after NPAC 2004, the author relates his time
Cross-Blogging On Summer Festivals And More
Tue, Jul 7, 2008
by Drew McManus
In response to a post here from 6/27/2008 on the impact of rising gas prices on summer music festivals, my Inside The Arts blogging neighbor, Jason Heath, posted an excellent companion piece. In his article, Jason takes the time to provide far more detail regarding some of the issues that musicians tend to consider when
Strength In Numbers
Mon, Jul 7, 2008
by Drew McManus
Lisa Hirsch over at The Iron Tongue Of Midnight posted an intriguing article on 7/4/2008 which examines a curious piece by music critic Martin Bernheimer which appeared in the 7/5/2008 edition of the Financial Times. In his article, Bernheimer blames the decline of regularly employed traditional music critics on the proliferation of bloggers. I call
