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Google launches its own festival to bring together music and technology

25 points by chang2301 10y ago

throwayawnotime 10y ago
https://thetrichordist.com/2012/04/15/meet-the-new-boss-worse-than-the-old-boss-full-post/ https://thetrichordist.com/2012/04/15/meet-the-new-boss-wors...
nunez 10y ago
Holy shit; this is exciting!
wowoc 10y ago
What does it mean that it is "presented by Pixel"? Will it be streamed from a Pixel phone?
- 21echoes 10y ago
  In most contexts, an entertainment event being "presented by X" just means that X funded the event in exchange for having their name associated with it. E.g., "Thursday Night Football, Presented by Bud Light" -- Bud Light has nothing to do with the content or transmission of the event, it just paid the most money for advertising. However: you're totally right that they may do some cool tie-in with the phone itself in this case.
  - wowoc 10y ago
    Ah, all right, thanks. That's just me not being a native speaker.
- confounded 10y ago
  "Stay tuned for photos and videos from each show, captured by Pixel, a phone by Google."
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jdpigeon 10y ago
Playing for generosity? Playing for humanity? What kind of schmaltzy PR BS is this?
- wmeredith 10y ago
  It's pretty standard schmaltzy PR BS if you ask me
- cosmie 10y ago
  They're donating all of the ticket sales for the shows to charity. While it is a PR branding stunt, at least in that regard it is "playing for generosity". Moreso than most branded shows
pedrogpimenta 10y ago
Colored text inside black sentences that aren't links? By god...
- wmeredith 10y ago
  I remember about 10 years ago when Google's UX design was absolutely state of the art. It was a no bullshit, maybe even ugly, aesthetic. It was literally unbelievably fast and supremely useful. Fast forward to now and it's FILLED with garbage like this across the board. Mystery meat navigation abounds, contrast is poor, inconsistency is everywhere likely due to the complexity of their menu structures. And then there is what the parent postal mentions: colored text in body copy that isn't links. Holy hell. These are all UX mistakes that are covered in software design 101. I guess the money hose of Google search let's you get away with it all. They just keep redesigning. And their products keep becoming more impenetrable.
awgneo 10y ago
Good Fest? That is the best they could come up with?? I'd prefer Don't be Evil Fest 2016 ;)
legoart 10y ago
Reminds me of Moogfest. Fusion of music and tech talks. Last year there were a series of talks on AI & big headliners. Instead of taking place in 5-cities, it takes place in Durham, NC home of Duke University and within the Research Triangle Park community.

25 points by chang2301 10y ago

https://thetrichordist.com/2012/04/15/meet-the-new-boss-worse-than-the-old-boss-full-post/ https://thetrichordist.com/2012/04/15/meet-the-new-boss-wors...

nunez 10y ago

Holy shit; this is exciting!

wowoc 10y ago

What does it mean that it is "presented by Pixel"? Will it be streamed from a Pixel phone?

21echoes 10y ago
In most contexts, an entertainment event being "presented by X" just means that X funded the event in exchange for having their name associated with it. E.g., "Thursday Night Football, Presented by Bud Light" -- Bud Light has nothing to do with the content or transmission of the event, it just paid the most money for advertising. However: you're totally right that they may do some cool tie-in with the phone itself in this case.
- wowoc 10y ago
  Ah, all right, thanks. That's just me not being a native speaker.
confounded 10y ago
"Stay tuned for photos and videos from each show, captured by Pixel, a phone by Google."

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jdpigeon 10y ago

Playing for generosity? Playing for humanity? What kind of schmaltzy PR BS is this?

wmeredith 10y ago
It's pretty standard schmaltzy PR BS if you ask me
cosmie 10y ago
They're donating all of the ticket sales for the shows to charity. While it is a PR branding stunt, at least in that regard it is "playing for generosity". Moreso than most branded shows

pedrogpimenta 10y ago

Colored text inside black sentences that aren't links? By god...

wmeredith 10y ago
I remember about 10 years ago when Google's UX design was absolutely state of the art. It was a no bullshit, maybe even ugly, aesthetic. It was literally unbelievably fast and supremely useful. Fast forward to now and it's FILLED with garbage like this across the board. Mystery meat navigation abounds, contrast is poor, inconsistency is everywhere likely due to the complexity of their menu structures. And then there is what the parent postal mentions: colored text in body copy that isn't links. Holy hell. These are all UX mistakes that are covered in software design 101. I guess the money hose of Google search let's you get away with it all. They just keep redesigning. And their products keep becoming more impenetrable.

awgneo 10y ago

Good Fest? That is the best they could come up with?? I'd prefer Don't be Evil Fest 2016 ;)

legoart 10y ago

Reminds me of Moogfest. Fusion of music and tech talks. Last year there were a series of talks on AI & big headliners. Instead of taking place in 5-cities, it takes place in Durham, NC home of Duke University and within the Research Triangle Park community.