Date June 2007

The first blessing of a 0.3pre Nightly

By mig mig

Rock ON!

Try the blessed Nightly Build.

Hooray! We’ve been working and working and now we feel almost confident in sharing what we’ve done with you, our beloved and wonderful users.

Remember, we’re still weeks from a 0.3 “final” build — this is just the first Nightly for which we want everyone’s help in beating testing to death.

Monday Music Blog Bonus

By jkoshi jkoshi

Songbird's been reading the largeheartedboy again.
Happy Monday Birdwatchers,

Songbird’s been reading a lot of mp3 blogs lately thanks to our new birder Ethan. He’s been helping us find and contact the pioneers of the media web. He’s already convinced a few of our favorite mp3 blogs that Songbird is cool enough to be on their pages. As you’d imagine, we were excited and, as such, we’d like to chirp about our new pals.

largeheartedboy is a lofty name for such an astutely collected series of posts. As advertised, the largeheartedboy will share with you a wonderfully eclectic view on the media web. From Andrew Bird to Spoon to The Sharp Things, you’re sure to find things in the Daily Download you might not have heard before.

Internet Soul Portrait of Songbirdnest

By jkoshi jkoshi

I just started reading http://ffffound.com and came across an interesting visual design exercise called an Internet Soul Portrait (ISP). While I couldn’t find a formal written description for an ISP at http://mazamedia.com/isp/, one can clearly see the idea illustrated by looking at a few them. I characterize an ISP as a website’s visually designed layout and form elements. The portrait is devoid of all foreground content, including most importantly, the logo. There is no text, and no images.