I just saw the new Bravia advertisement on television. I heard about this a couple of months ago while appreciating the last one, and couldn’t wait to see the final result. It’s as good, actually probably better, then the last. Check it out here.
70,000 litres of paint
358 single bottle bombs
33 sextuple air cluster bombs
22 Triple hung cluster bombs
268 mortars
33 Triple Mortars
22 Double mortars
358 meters of weld
330 meters of steel pipe
57 km of copper wire
A year or two ago (I can’t remember exactly), I went hunting for an application for OS X that would analyze my iTunes library and give me the beats per minute (BPM). I’m a fan of very high tempo tracks, especially while working or running. Unfortunately I only found one application, and it didn’t work too well, and only catalogued a small portion of my collection.
Today I noticed Chris Messina–whose blog is worth reading if only to see examples of great design–mention Tangerine.
Tangerine takes a look at your iTunes library and works out the BPM and Beat Intensity of it’s music. You can then create a playlist that varies in total length, variety of BPM and Intensity, and also pattern (random, single hill, double hill, and single hill alternating). It also allows you to write the BPM to your iTunes library, which allows me to create a few extra Smart Playlists myself.
The application looks sweet, right down to the boxed tangerine with a straw as an icon. It’ll be something that becomes a companion of mine for some time I’d imagine. As soon as Apple launches their Nike+ range of products down here, it’ll be even more valuable.
A couple of days ago I pointed to the Bulletin article about Cam’s move to the US.
Those who are interested in funding Aussie startups should check out Randal’s thoughts on the subject (and note that a couple of VCs have their say in his comments). It’s interesting that Mike Zimmerman claims he was misquoted. As I mentioned, I explained I’m sticking to Australia for my funding, and wasn’t mentioned. I also pointed Josh to a local entrepreneur that has two successful businesses–one bootstrapped, the other locally funded–and that to wasn’t mentioned.
What is really good to see is at least two VCs getting involved in blogger conversations. Marc and Mike: nice seeing you in the blogosphere, you guys should get your own weblogs 
.
Also note that Randal was recently on the cover of BRW, as Cam is now on the cover of Bulletin.
