links for 2009-01-16

"Yes, the total size of the music market in revenue terms might have shrunk a little - although the IFPI might have read about other industries struggling a little right now; and, indeed, they seem to have neglected to share any details about what might have happened to costs now that even more of their sales come through a business model with lower overheads."

Awesome engineering and rescue work which renders useless my routine quip when reading the safety card: "Yeah, like you ever see a plane land on water"

"A public meeting at the high school was attended by hundreds of people and it was about the future of the Leisure Centre. The crucial information is wrong. The meeting was not held to 'rally support' nor was it to 'discuss ways of finding additional financial support for the centre'". Ouch! And I think I sometimes come across a bit harsh about the shortcomings of the press.

Nice to see TheyWorkForYou (#3 in 'public servce') still getting kudos some 5 years after it was concocted.

"The share of adult internet users who have a profile on a social networking site has more than quadrupled in the past four years — from 8% in 2005 to 35% now, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project’s December 2008 tracking survey."