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the true story of audion

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*anfüttern*

We talked briefly and, looking back, it was rather fun.

“Hi Steve, it’s Cabel, from Panic.”

“Oh, hey Cabel! Nice to meet you. So tell me, what’d you think of iTunes?”

“Well, I think it looks great! You guys have done a great job with it. But, you know, I still feel we’ll do all-right with Audion.”

“Oh, really? That’s interesting, because honestly? I don’t think you guys have a chance.”

Ah ha! Some of that famous Jobs magic I’d heard about! Fortunately, it came across more like a teasing jab than a cruel stab — to be honest, I rather enjoyed his honesty, it got me in a weird sort of “I’m ready to step to that, girlfriend!” mood.

“Well, Steve, I really think it’ll still find an audience,” I replied. “We’ve got a lot of higher-end features that you guys probably won’t ever add.”

“Yeah? Like what?”

“Well, umm..” I was a bit stumped. “You can keep a count of how many times you’ve played a song, or you can even rate your songs by popularity…”

“…why the hell would anybody want to do that?”

Ein recht langer Beitrag – aber sehr interessant – ausgeschmückt mit vielen kleinen Einblicken in das Leben der Panic Entwickler – und auch dem ursprünglichen Apple-Plan bzgl der Einführung von iTunes.

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Tags: audio, history, itunes, panic, soundjam