Tag: music

  • NBC Universal turned to Spark to analyze all the content meta-data for its international content distribution. Metadata associated with the media clips is stored in an Oracle database and in broadcast automation playlists. Spark is used to query the Oracle database and distribute the metadata from the broadcast automation playlists into multiple large in-memory resilient…

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  • Coté Memo #047: Selling a \”platform\” is one of the more difficult tech marketing tasks you’ll ever do

    Meta-data Hello again, welcome to #047. Today we have 52 subscribers, so we’re +/-0. I should write more awesome stuff to get more sign-ups! I’d love to hear what you like, dislike, your feedback, etc.: memo@cote.io. (If you’re reading this on the web, you should subscribe to get the daily email.) See past newsletters in…

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  • I’ve spent years puttering around at the “infrastructure layer” in IT: programming, systems management, cloud, all that gunk. From what I can tell much of the growth in IT is being driven by companies wanting to engage in “social” more. What is “social,” though? Indeed, that’s one of the things this podcast will try to…

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  • Peelander-Z

    Kim’s big SXSW 2010 show recommendations list

    While we can’t go this year, my wife Kim and I usually find all sorts of exciting music at SXSW each year. The secret is, she’s the one who finds all the good stuff – I’m just lucky enough to tag along. Several people have asked for her SXSW 2010 recommendations, so here they are…

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  • Cheeze Whiz Lyrics – From the Archives

    From long, long ago, I found this list of alternitive Police lyrics inspired by cheez whiz. From none other than Mr. John Arley Burns. Enjoy! CHEEZE WHIZ (roxanne): 1 Cheeze Whiz you don’t have to sit on the shelf tonight The holocaust is over, let’s eat our processed cheeze, alright! Cheeze Whiz you don’t have…

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