by Rob Cottingham | Aug 11, 2015 | Speechwriting
One of my favourite things about Facebook is that Jon Favreau’s community page lists him as “musician/band”. Not just because he’s kind of a rock star (in, you know, speechwriter terms). But because I’ve argued for a long time that... by Rob Cottingham | May 22, 2012 | Everything Else
The Google Doodle team has outdone themselves. Here I am tonight, 30 years younger than Robert Moog, noodling around on exactly the kind of device that the guy Iwas 30 years ago would have been thrilled with. And that’s actually worth more than a passing... by Rob Cottingham | Jan 7, 2011 | Culture, Arts and Popcorn, Technology
The past decade has been a boon for music lovers (once you get past the whole most-digital-music-sucks thing). The iPod turns 10 years old this October; as you’ll no doubt recall from much of the commentary at the time, it was Apple’s biggest mistake and... by Rob Cottingham | Feb 25, 2008 | Culture, Arts and Popcorn
With the victory of “Falling Slowly” in the Best Damn Tune category at last night’s Oscars (you can download the song for free – with nobody from the RIAA raising eyebrows at you – from the official site for the movie Once), I think... by Rob Cottingham | May 30, 2006 | Online Community, Technology
These guys along with several other very talented folks (including comedian Heather Gold) performed tonight at the NetSquared conference party. (Visit their MySpace page and check out the song Change Tha Nation.) It’s hard, awfully damn hard, to perform for a...