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siddhu replied on July 12, 2008 03:16 to the question "Where should I start if I want to learn Live?" in Ableton:

Check out videos on the Ableton site and also YouTube. I've been using Live since v1 and I think the videos done by a lot of Ableton users are pretty brilliant.

There is a guy with a ton of videos something like 20 or so. Google for tutorials and see what comes up.

shona's reply to "I hate data harvesting, and I refuse to use your service." was just promoted to the most useful! billycovington and 2 other people think it's one of the best replies.

I may be that friend!

And on that note, does the site Rapleaf fall under data harvesting? I Google'd myself a week or two ago (yes narcissism-o) and found a listing with my name. The 'service' maintains my 'Rapleaf Reputation,' lists my hometown and provides a link to every social network I've participated in, not to mention my friggin Amazon wishlist!

I find this insanely intrusive. For me to 'manage' this information, I have to register on their site. WTF! How does this not break some kind of privacy act?

Though I suppose I should have never signed up for any social network in the first place. I deleted my Yelp and I uncomfortably stare at my 'Delete Profile?!' button on Myspace for hours on end.

When my four year old cousin can basically make a rapid fire assessment of my life within seconds, I cringe.

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I Love Spock replied on January 24, 2008 19:13 to the problem "I hate data harvesting, and I refuse to use your service." in Spock:

The real question is are you a good friend for not changing the information that your friend was a female when you had the ability to? We don't make assurances that we have 100% true information, however we feel that we generally do a good job in creating an easy to view platform for people search, and that the information you see is generally true.

If you want to look further into fully removing yourself from everything check out Spock's about page (http://www.spock.com/do/pages/online_...). Remember that you can still be on a variety of Social Networking sites without being concerned about being Spammed. Look into a what security settings a site offers and go from there.

J.O.D replied on January 24, 2008 02:02 to the problem "I hate data harvesting, and I refuse to use your service." in Spock:

"Unfortunately to fully remove yourself from everything this includes a lot of paperwork and time. "

lol.

J.O.D replied on January 18, 2008 21:53 to the problem "I hate data harvesting, and I refuse to use your service." in Spock:

I would not even classify Spock as the reaper of what they sew.

I think making all this information public and centralizing it, exposes way too much about an individual to companies and governments. Computers scrape data, it's how you get spam, and with the same methodology, crappy entities will abuse and screw you electronically.

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shona asked a question in Propellerhead Software on January 13, 2008 03:01:

When will Reason finally operate as a traditional DAW?

The fact that you can't record audio or operate VST's makes it very hard for the moderately skilled and above to take Reason to the next level. Welcoming third party software while allowing users to utilize the best aspects of Reason will ultimately take the program to the next level. Rewiring to Ableton can only satisfy for so long.

shona replied on January 13, 2008 02:48 to the problem "I hate data harvesting, and I refuse to use your service." in Spock:

I may be that friend!

And on that note, does the site Rapleaf fall under data harvesting? I Google'd myself a week or two ago (yes narcissism-o) and found a listing with my name. The 'service' maintains my 'Rapleaf Reputation,' lists my hometown and provides a link to every social network I've participated in, not to mention my friggin Amazon wishlist!

I find this insanely intrusive. For me to 'manage' this information, I have to register on their site. WTF! How does this not break some kind of privacy act?

Though I suppose I should have never signed up for any social network in the first place. I deleted my Yelp and I uncomfortably stare at my 'Delete Profile?!' button on Myspace for hours on end.

When my four year old cousin can basically make a rapid fire assessment of my life within seconds, I cringe.

J.O.D marked one of shona's replies in Ableton as useful. shona replied to the question "Where should I start if I want to learn Live?".

Leslie Chicoine replied on January 08, 2008 20:14 to the question "Where should I start if I want to learn Live?" in Ableton:

Oh! Looking at YouTube videos is a great idea, thanks!

Leslie Chicoine marked one of shona's replies in Ableton as useful. shona replied to the question "Where should I start if I want to learn Live?".

shona replied on December 29, 2007 22:53 to the question "I live in San Francisco, CA, USA. Is there anywhere for me to take classes in Live?" in Ableton:

If you can, register for an electronic music class at the nearest city college. Live operates as such that after just a few hours of playing with it, the need for an actual instructor disappears.

shona replied on December 29, 2007 22:49 to the question "Where should I start if I want to learn Live?" in Ableton:

Aside from watching the tutorial that comes with the program, another extremely helpful resource comes in the form of one of the many guidebooks sold via Amazon.

I basically toyed with Live every single day without referring to much other than my own intuition. If that doesn't work for you, there's plenty of really informative videos to be found on YouTube.

J.O.D replied on November 25, 2007 07:26 to the question "Where should I start if I want to learn Live?" in Ableton:

I just started with the tool-tips on. There's a square on the screen that gives you detailed info about the features that you're mousing over. It's really well-done.

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