Round up of reviews and talks

I've had a couple of nice reviews this month. Writing in the Wired music blog, Eliot Van Buskirk said I was "spot on when discussing how people discover music today" and that the book "is rife with amusing metaphors and nuggets… a comprehensive and enjoyable read." Also in the November edition of Brand Strategy, Macky Drese concluded an in-depth review by saying the book "is invaluable to anyone interested in the science of digital discovery and particularly so for anyone needing to harness that for any business application." (Unfortunately the latter review is only available in full to subscribers, but let me know if you want more details.) I haven't seen anyone really lay into me yet — perhaps I wasn't sufficiently controversial — but let me know if you have! Here are all the reviews I know of.

A text transcript of the MusicTank "Too Much Choice" discussion is now available to MusicTank members. (My reference to Fairtrade has been transcribed as one to the fur trade!) I understand the podcast of the event will appear here imminently (though, again, members only).

Last week's talk in Vienna was a lot of fun, and even survived the PC losing power and shutting down on me three-quarters of the way through (prompting one of Feargal Sharkey's several interventions during the day: "How's your tap-dancing, David?"). You can see my slides, including the ones I was unable to show. My abstract is already online via the project site. When audio (and possibly video) is added I'll update this with a direct link to it. The conference publicity was very well organised, and if you can read German, here are an interview with me (very good questions), a brief mention in Spiegel Online, and a blog account.

Next week I'm talking at the Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary, University of London — details on Facebook, Upcoming.