LyricPedia.com is one of the largest lyric database-oriented website. The site's purpose is to be "a source where anyone can go to get reliable lyrics for any song from any artist".
History
The site was created in October 2005. LyricPedia has received a great deal of traffic in the last month.
Feature list
* Over 317,000 content pages
* "Song of the Day" & "Album of the Week" featurettes
History
The site was created in October 2005. LyricPedia has received a great deal of traffic in the last month.
Feature list
* Over 317,000 content pages
* "Song of the Day" & "Album of the Week" featurettes
The Indienet is a swiss internet forum, online community and event planning organisation. The website mainly focuses on the several indie-genres, but also on other mostly off-mainstream categories of music. The Indienet inhabites the biggest independent online community of switzerland and is - with it's interactive and always updated calender - one of the most important knowledge bases for indie music in switzerland.
The Forum
Launched 2005 in Basel by Oliver Frei and Luca Bruno, the website mainly focused on providing a platform for music criticism and discussion. As of January 2008, the community has grown to over 700 members (every 10'000th of the swiss population) and about 110'000 contributions. The most discussed topics are indie-related concerts in Switzerland and the near area, news, releases and personal "off the topics"
Events
The Indienet-crew organises parties in Basel every month. The events are well-known and popular, as is the annual new year's eve party, which is particularly well-attended.
The Forum
Launched 2005 in Basel by Oliver Frei and Luca Bruno, the website mainly focused on providing a platform for music criticism and discussion. As of January 2008, the community has grown to over 700 members (every 10'000th of the swiss population) and about 110'000 contributions. The most discussed topics are indie-related concerts in Switzerland and the near area, news, releases and personal "off the topics"
Events
The Indienet-crew organises parties in Basel every month. The events are well-known and popular, as is the annual new year's eve party, which is particularly well-attended.
8Asians is a collaborative weblog by Asian American essayists covering a broad range of Asian-interest topics, from notable members of the Asian Diasporic communities to pop culture, politics, sociology, and Asia-based technology.
History
Ernie Hsiung, award-winning blogger of "Little Yellow Different" since 2000, founded 8Asians in December of 2006. Initially he recruited eight bloggers of Asian heritage to contribute to the project. The board of contributors grew rapidly to over thirteen bloggers in total. 8Asians.com runs in association with Popcast 88, a Canadian-based podcast on Asian pop music and culture hosted by Christine Miguel. The contributors range diversely in ethnic heritage, political stances, and social and educational backgrounds. Notable contributors, past and present, include Min Jung Kim, former columnist for KoreAm Journal and blogger at BlogHer, and Mike Lee of BizThoughts, a popular weblog on business, technology, and entrepreneurship.
The blog is credited with running some of the first reports of the Virginia Tech massacre and the identity of its perpetrator, Seung-Hui Cho.
Controversy
In May of 2007, a posting on 8Asians by Ernie about the logo for the German bookmarking site Mister Wong triggered international controversey. The logo, which depicted a yellow-faced cartoon Chinese man with slanted eyes, offended members of the Asian American blogging community. Newsweek picked up the story, quoting 8Asians: "Mister Wong had better be based on a real person saved twenty burning German orphanages, because otherwise, I'm calling foul."
History
Ernie Hsiung, award-winning blogger of "Little Yellow Different" since 2000, founded 8Asians in December of 2006. Initially he recruited eight bloggers of Asian heritage to contribute to the project. The board of contributors grew rapidly to over thirteen bloggers in total. 8Asians.com runs in association with Popcast 88, a Canadian-based podcast on Asian pop music and culture hosted by Christine Miguel. The contributors range diversely in ethnic heritage, political stances, and social and educational backgrounds. Notable contributors, past and present, include Min Jung Kim, former columnist for KoreAm Journal and blogger at BlogHer, and Mike Lee of BizThoughts, a popular weblog on business, technology, and entrepreneurship.
The blog is credited with running some of the first reports of the Virginia Tech massacre and the identity of its perpetrator, Seung-Hui Cho.
Controversy
In May of 2007, a posting on 8Asians by Ernie about the logo for the German bookmarking site Mister Wong triggered international controversey. The logo, which depicted a yellow-faced cartoon Chinese man with slanted eyes, offended members of the Asian American blogging community. Newsweek picked up the story, quoting 8Asians: "Mister Wong had better be based on a real person saved twenty burning German orphanages, because otherwise, I'm calling foul."
MeeMix is a personalized internet radio community, founded by Gilad Shlang and Dr. Ricardo Tarrasch. MeeMix launched its online service beta site on August 1st 2007 and opened its product for public use on January 1st 2008.
MeeMix developed a technology designed to identify individual musical taste by combining musical parameters and behavioral-based methodologies. The MeeMix prediction algorithm output is based on songs or artists selected by the user and take geographical, behavioral and psychological characteristics into account in order to deliver songs that will match the user's personal taste.
MeeMix developed a technology designed to identify individual musical taste by combining musical parameters and behavioral-based methodologies. The MeeMix prediction algorithm output is based on songs or artists selected by the user and take geographical, behavioral and psychological characteristics into account in order to deliver songs that will match the user's personal taste.