By roblord

Founder & CEO of Pioneers of the Inevitable, the developers of Songbird.

Lord almighty, we are DRM-free at last!

By roblord roblord Jan 7, 2009 4:31 pm
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Warning: Industry punditry ahead. Adjust your speed and headlamps. 
So, yesterday Apple expanded “iTunes Plus”, which removes the proprietary DRM use limitations on songs. It’s not a digital media industry game changer but rather a significant game accelerator and a net positive for Apple and iTunes, Pioneers and Songbird and the digital media ecosystem.
Non-DRM’d songs from the [...]

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Got eggs? We’re hiring.

By roblord roblord Sep 29, 2008 11:41 am
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We, Pioneers of the Inevitable, are hiring passionate, talented people to join our bustling team of bird builders.  Check the updated jobs page for Mozilla engineer, product manager, visual designer, interaction designer and front-end Web developer listings.
Chirp!

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You Blog, We Listen

By roblord roblord Sep 11, 2008 1:04 pm
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Props and thanks to you, the Songbird community peeps whose feedback and participation make Songbird’s community so active, productive and vital.
You have been blogging Songbird’s Beta launch, providing community feedback, often supporting each other, reporting technical issues, and twittering your Songbird critiques and delights.
From the sb_core developer to the add-on hacker to the blog reviewer, [...]

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Songbird Roadmap Launched

By roblord roblord Jun 19, 2008 4:32 pm
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Now that you’ve had a chance to try Songbird 0.6, here’s a view to the road ahead.
Today we are launching the Songbird Release Roadmap. Behold the next three Songbird release codenames and themes:

Fugazi: Improve performance and focus on usability.
Genesis: Continue to improve performance and add features consumers expect in a music player.
Hall: Integrate Web services.

The [...]

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Return of the RIA?

By roblord roblord May 6, 2008 1:31 pm
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Mozilla’s Mark Finkle recently concluded that the term RIA, Rich Internet Application, has lost its meaning.
RIA (the acronym) has jumped the shark. I find that I can no longer use RIA to describe anything anymore. The definition has been watered down and twisted to the point that nearly any application can be called RIA.

I agree. [...]

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