December 2011
1 post
Top 25 Songs of 2011?
I can’t take credit for this list. As a matter of fact, I don’t know most of these. However, they are pretty cool.
1. College “A Real Hero (feat. Electric Youth)” – YouTube
From “The Drive” soundtrack, this infectious gem of 80′s synth-pop revivalism is loaded with super cheesy lyrics (“you’re a real hero, a real human being”) but a production style that recalls early Soft Cell or...
September 2011
2 posts
Music Bloggers: The New Radio Program Managers →
MGK FT. WAKA FLOCKA - WILD BOY
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January 2011
1 post
Music Platforms
It’s interesting how people adopt platforms that aren’t built for sharing music, for sharing music - Blogger, Wordpress, Tumblr, Twitter. Yet, any service that is built for sharing music never reaches the tipping point either due to UI, lack of marketing, or legal troubles. One day soon, a new Napster will emerge.
October 2010
1 post
Nas to Def Jam
“In a nut shell he has an album titled ‘Lost Tapes 2’ that his fans have been dying to have since his first one came out in 2005. They seem to not understand the cultural impact the first one had. The album is done and now they are saying he can put it out but it won’t count on his deal and they won’t pay for it but still want all the benefits of a new nas...
November 2009
3 posts
Explaining my job
Long lost Friend/Family: So, Andrew, what are you doing with yourself these days?
Me: I'm Digital Strategist for an internet marketing company
Long lost Friend/Family: I knew you would end up doing something with computers!
...do we not all work on a computer these days??
Thanksgiving conversations! Sigh.
Why Digital DUMBO matters
DUMBO is a neighborhood in Brooklyn - the word stands for Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass. As written by our friend Hide at DUMBOnyc.com, “In 1978, the naming of Dumbo was conceived by resident artists as a way to make the area sound silly and unattractive to people looking to buy real estate here.” For a more complete history of DUMBO read on here and here.
DUMBO use to be...
Good Navigation vs Bad Navigation
This is what happens when you improve your navigation and give people more of what they want!
Pageviews Increase
Time on Site Increases
Bounce Rate Decreases
Use paginated blog navigation, not next and previous! Also add more relevant navigation to your sidebar if analytics is informing you that people are arriving to your site and not finding what they want! Or even better, create new...
October 2009
3 posts
How to link to the iTunes Store
I’m sure this might be common sense to some, but I’m sure there are others that might need a bit of help in doing this. So here is a quick guide to linking to any product within the iTunes store whether it be an app, music or video. You can then place the hyperlink on your website and it will launch the iTunes store automatically when a user clicks the link.
There are two ways to do...
“The aggregate results of every search ever entered, every result list ever...”
– John Battelle describing what he calls The Database of Intentions - Google being the primary owner.
July 2009
2 posts
Twitter might be sending your website more traffic... →
Search Engline Land discusses reasons for discrepencies in reported amount of traffic sent to your website as shown by analytics.
June 2009
1 post
Late night thought.
I think I am going to start blogging here frequently. Its time to say some things! Stay tuned.
May 2009
1 post
Interview I did for GradtoGreat.com →
I was fortunate enough to be in the GradtoGreat Interview Spotlight this month! Much thanks to them.
April 2009
5 posts
WatchJohnnie To’s Vengeance Trailer - Coming Soon! Looks awesome.
Free Music Archive →
Stumbled across The Free Music Archive via ReadWriteWeb. Free, curated music. Pretty cool.
March 2009
1 post
The Sixty One
I’ve been listening to The Sixy One Top Hip-hop section all night. Some pretty good tracks on there. I’m still under the impression that the artists themselves upload the tracks. Someone tell me if I’m wrong.
February 2009
3 posts
“In a crisis, there’s an opportunity to rearrange things because the status...”
– nyt, levy, leonhardt
January 2009
1 post
I'm much more interesting on twitter...
http://www.twitter.com/a2z
October 2008
2 posts
I thought Google was against paid links?
From the About.com advertising page located here
“If you are interested in purchasing text links (a good option if your ad budget is less than $10,000) please click here to contact a Google representative.”
Funny.
September 2008
2 posts
“I never failed. I just took the necessary steps to become a success…”
– Unknown
WatchSocial Media Timeline
August 2008
4 posts
Watch
WatchThe view from the office cam at the JAR Group
June 2008
1 post
AZ next Presidential Candidate? →
I made it on the News 3 news…
March 2008
1 post
“Well, you’re in your little room, and you’re working on something good. But if...”
– The White Stripes, Little Room
February 2008
9 posts
I HAZ GINGER! Lets see if I can get it indexed →
Today I created the Andrew Zarick Universe on Ginger. Its definitely a work in progress, but my main reason for wanting to get it up and live is to see if I can get it into the top 10 on Google for my name. I’ve been battling it out with Dr. Zarick, trying to own all the search engine results. Dr. Zarick is hanging tough, but maybe Ginger can put me over the edge and I can reclaim all 10 results....
Twitter Daily Digest 2008-02-17 →
Lingtastics will be really useful, and really successful: http://www.lingtastic.com/home.htm #
Trying Adversal, Layer-ads and Adbrite. Looking for a good CPM advertising network! #
Twitter Daily Digest 2008-02-15 →
IntrudersTV: http://us.intruders.tv/ … This is a great website to follow young internet start-ups, and watch interviews with their fou … #
Continuing to dig Stereo Cupcake: http://www.stereocupcake.com/ #
Check out Digsby, consolidate your online communication: http://tinyurl.com/2qz9aq #
Who made money from the Last.FM Sale: http://tinyurl.com/2p6reh #
Music Blog aggregator - HypeM. Very...
Music Blog aggregator - HypeM…. →
Music Blog aggregator - HypeM. Very cool, but can be done better: http://hypem.com/
The JAR Group is Hiring, and we want you! →
If you want to work for one of my most exciting start-ups in Brooklyn, the opportunity is here.
Earlier this week we posted a few job openings, and we want your resumes! The positions that are currently open are:
Account Manager Senior Project Manager Creative Resource Manager Freelance Developer Freelance Information Architect
Join our Facebook Page to check out our office and some of our...
Who made money from the Last.F… →
Who made money from the Last.FM Sale: http://tinyurl.com/2p6reh
IntrudersTV: http://us.intrude… →
IntrudersTV: http://us.intruders.tv/ … This is a great website to follow young internet start-ups, and watch interviews with their fou …
Continuing to dig Stereo Cupca… →
Continuing to dig Stereo Cupcake: http://www.stereocupcake.com/
Check out Digsby, consolidate … →
Check out Digsby, consolidate your online communication: http://tinyurl.com/2qz9aq
January 2008
3 posts
NetVibes and Ginger, Pioneering the Life Stream →
I saw that TechCrunch was offering 500 invites to beta test Ginger, the next release of NetVibes. Unfortunately, I didn’t see the post early enough to get in on the beta, but I did check out the demo page. I think Netvibes is definitely on to something with Ginger. They have successfully created what could be referred to as a life stream dashboard. You can plugin personal and private data from...
Clicks on Deleted AdWords Campaign →
Today I was looking through my deleted AdWords campaigns and someone one of my deleted campaigns has a click from today, and shows it displayed at the #9 position. I mean, it could be a delayed click, caching problem, however the campaign has been deleted for over a week. AdWords never ceases to amaze me! Someone explain this one to me …
Apple to start Record label with Jay-Z →
Some funny commentary from the Pho List:
“I guess Starbucks passed on him.”
to which someone responded,
“They were too busy cutting the Kenny G deal.”
As the video states, this will be a risky move for Apple if true, but in the long run it may pay off.
December 2007
5 posts
Norad Santa Tracker →
Here is a pretty cool guide on how to track Santa tonight!
Check out the tutorial here: http://reviews.contentmob.com/santa
How to find a job you like… →
I remember last year around this time, while I was still a senior in college, I did a search on Google for “How to find a job you like.” I came across an article that walked me through a mental exercise to do in order to identify your areas of interest.
I don’t remember the exact process, so I’ll summarize the article like this.
1) Go somewhere quiet and peaceful, with absolutely no...
LookSmart Update →
After my small rant on LookSmart’s poor quality of traffic, I went through my Google analytics logs and compared dates where I did not have LookSmart campaigns active to dates where I did have LookSmart campaigns active and compared the traffic coming from referring sites. I noticed that one of the top referring sites when the LookSmart campaigns were active were eZanga publisher partners.
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