When I woke up this morning I really didn’t have anything specific in mind for today’s Morning Music. It’s raining and cold again after a week of sunshine and spring and I’d likely have gone with something moody to suit the rainy day.
As I was doing my usual morning caffeination and catch-up I noticed that Canadian music superstar David Usher had made a comment on Chris Brogan’s blog post this morning which inspired me to tell you a a little about David Usher and post a video for today’s morning music.
I’ve been a fan of David Usher since I first heard him as the singer for Moist in the early 1990s. Moist’s early cds Silver and Creature got a lot of play around my house in the 1990s. David Usher later went on to a successful solo career and he’s currently in studio working on a new cd.
I could tell you how David Usher has been successful not only in Canada but world-wide. I could tell you that he’s won 5 Juno Awards (the Canadian Grammy) and how he’s been involved in War Child International among other humanitarian organizations. All of these things you can learn about on his website. What I find really interesting at the moment about David Usher is not just his music (which I love) and not just his pretty face (he’s yummy) but the fact that he’s become interested and active in the social media world lately. Not only does he have a twitter account where he posts updates on his studio work but he now has, in addition to his official music site, a social media blog where he speaks about ebooks, digital music, and social media. He’s posting videos as he’s working on the new album, giving fans a taste of the cd to come and an glimpse into the recording world. I really admire how he’s using social media to interact with not only his current fanbase but beyond that into the social media community.
A fav of mine – from Morning Orbit – Black, Black Heart. Be sure to check out David Usher’s YouTube channel for more videos and an inside look at his recording. You can find where to buy David Usher’s cds on his official music website as well as on his YouTube channel. Enjoy! Happy Friday!
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I admit it. I’m totally addicted to tabs in Firefox. Are you?
When I get up in the morning and start up Firefox it automatically opens my first tabs of the day: Gmail, Facebook, Twitter, Google Reader, weather, local news.
I read about 175 (give or take a few) RSS feeds so the first thing I do is start looking at the items my friends have shared in Google Reader. Anything that catches my eye for more than 10 seconds (anything I feel I actually want to read entirely and/or bookmark for later) I open in a new tab. And so it goes.
It’s a rare day that I make it to 4pm without 30+ tabs open. At this moment I have 74 open. I prefer to read blog posts, articles, etc. in their own tab, not in the reader. I like to see the various layouts, colour schemes, menus, etc. on each site. I like to grumble when certain blogs have their font set so small I have to hit ctrl++ just to read them (Mr. Brogan – you’re guilty of this one ). I like to be able to read comments (and in turn comment) easily.
Having 30+ tabs open can bit a bit overwhelming but I’ve found a terrific FireFox add-on called Vertigo that creates a sidebar along the left side of your browser that can be sized narrower or wider and gives you easy access to each of your tabs. If you’re a tab lover I suggest you give Vertigo a spin. It’s made the multi-tab lifestyle much easier to maintain.