Whit Martin-Whitaker

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A quote from Elaine May hangs in my office:  “There is absolutely no substitute for a genuine lack of adequate preparation.” Sometimes that preparation (for me, at least) involves getting up before the sun and being one of the first on scene – trying to be ready for whatever happens (or doesn’t happen).  But with […]

Love, Music, and APIs panel

Matthew Ogle and Dave Haynes – Love, Music, & APIs Dave Haynes (VP Business Development for SoundCloud, founder of OpenMusicMedia) and Matthew Ogle (The Echo Nest music intelligence platform, former head of web product at Last.fm) presented information on how the love of music and application programming interfaces (APIs) are coming together.  Driven by their […]

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DeviantART is a Hollywood-based online social network with art as its focus.  Founded in 2000, deviantArt provides access to over 100 million works of art exhibited FREE to its over 16 million members.  This is the world’s longest-running and largest art-centered social network, and it eliminates the physical distance between  multiple artists and between artists and their fans, allowing members […]