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The Art of Songwriting, a webliography

Snakeoil peddlers, with very little authority on the subject, have taken advantage of the common fantasies many people have of becoming a rockstar, as is evident in the plethora of books on how to write hit songs.  As a result, quality instruction, advice, and guidance for aspiring songwriters is not easy to find.  To compound [...]

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  • DIYCity.org - "How can modern Web technologies be applied to transform urban spaces, changing them from the centralized, hard-coded things they are today into finely-tuned, fluid, user-operated systems that are efficient, sustainable and fit for life in the 21st century?  DIYcity is a place where people figure these things out by actually building and launching applications that address the problems around them." #
  • The Space Collective is an "invitation only" community of futurists stirring up some interesting discussions.  Perhaps I will get invited if I post enough articles on sci-fi ideas that are closer to non-fiction. #

Welcome to S.D. Ellis

SDELLIS.com is the personal blog of Shaun Ellis, a graduate student at Rutgers School of Communication, Information, and Library Science (SCILS).  He is interested in ideas about the future of libraries and related technologies.  Shaun is also interested in technologies that will improve government services and civic participation.  Shaun, a musician who plays a number of different instruments and styles, will also post some of his music (and sometimes art!).  These may include random thoughts on song writing, home recording, and discoveries of new sights and sounds he has stumbled upon.  Shaun works for Rutgers University Libraries as a Web Applications Developer, though the opinions expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of his employer.

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