http://drewmackenzie.com Compiled & Aggregated Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:48:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After a short hiatus from the previous site, CannonWines.com has returned. I wasn't a fan of how the old site was used, so I started from scratch. Previously, the site had to be updated manually by editing javascript to change the menu system, which only allowed you to ... http://drewmackenzie.com/2009/09/20/check-out-the-new-cannonwinescom/ Artist: Matt & Kim Track: Daylight Album: Grand Discovered & downloaded on: KEXP Song of the Day This song isn't new – I saw these kids open for Cut/Copy at the House of Blues in Vegas months ago – but it's certainly memorable.  Their set up was no more than a drum set, a keyboard ... http://drewmackenzie.com/2009/07/20/new-tracks-daylight-by-matt-kim/ Artist: Phoenix Track: Lisztomania Album: Wolfgang Amadeus Discovered & downloaded on: KEXP Song of the Day I heard "Lisztomania" on KEXP weeks ago and was hoping it would show up on the Song of the Day podcast.  Today it finally did.  Get it while you can. http://drewmackenzie.com/2009/04/30/new-tracks-lisztomania-by-phoenix/ Less than two weeks ago, I was here in San Francisco presenting a few proposals to Cannon Wines Limited, a wine importer and marketer.  Today I'm back in the office as the new Marketing Director, charged with promoting their popular labels and building some of their newest brands from the ... http://drewmackenzie.com/2009/04/27/its-official-im-the-new-marketing-director-for-cannon-wines-limited/ So I was in San Francisco while this was heating up, and ironically disconnected for a couple days while on business, but I caught the ending in full tonight.  Here's the back story: at some point, Ashton Kutcher (@aplusk) declared it his mission to be the first Twitter user to ... http://drewmackenzie.com/2009/04/16/ashton-kutcher-beats-cnn-to-1-million-twitter-followers-declares-himself-the-new-guard-of-media-video/ Artist: The Faunts Track: Alarmed/Lights Album: Feel.Love.Thinking.Of. Discovered & downloaded on: KEXP Song of the Day "Alarmed/Lights" by Edmonton band The Faunts is one of the songs I've been listening to in repeat while working, and driving through all of the sad parts of Vegas. So, pretty much everywhere outside my neighborhood. It's ... http://drewmackenzie.com/2009/04/09/new-tracks-alarmedlights-by-the-faunts/ Whenever I come across a news story that sounds both ridiculously futuristic and unbelievable, I post a tweet with the #futureisnow hashtag. Here's a recap of recent tweets: andrewmackenzie: #futureisnow Israel using unmanned, 60-ton bulldozer drones to clear roads of land mines and other explosives. http://is.gd/pSOJ andrewmackenzie: #futureisnow Production ... http://drewmackenzie.com/2009/04/05/futureisnow-recap-of-the-present-future-in-tweets/ Ars Technica is reporting that Time Warner Cable is expanding its tiered, bandwidth-capped internet service to more cities, following trials in Beaumont, Texas. The trial allowed 40 GB per month traffic caps to residents of Beaumont for $55, and charged $1 per gigabyte of excess traffic. The new ... http://drewmackenzie.com/2009/04/05/goodbye-modern-internet/ The pessimistic writer in me wanted to title this post "The White House wants you to think that it wants to know what you think." But this vote at least appears to be a genuine effort to reconnect the government with the American people... even though it won't actually ... http://drewmackenzie.com/2009/03/25/the-obama-administration-calls-for-economy-questions/ What if PC and console gamers could be liberated from the cost of hardware upgrades? What if game publishers didn't have to develop within the restrictions of console hardware and physical media? OnLive aims to do both with its cloud-gaming service, set to launch in Winter 2009. Using a ... http://drewmackenzie.com/2009/03/25/how-onlive-could-bring-the-whole-gaming-hardware-market-down/