Sunday, April 4, 2021
Space Jam: A New Legacy Trailer
The New Work Meeting
WIRED – "One Startup’s Solution for Zoom Fatigue? The Walk and Talk"
"His next startup aims to provide a fix: It’s called Spot, a virtual meeting platform made just for walks. Spot can be used on a desktop, but it is designed to shine on mobile, so you can take your calls into the fresh outdoor air. It has a built-in calendar for scheduling meetings and seeing which calls are next. It can record and transcribe calls, using Google's voice transcription software. It also has a feature called Smart Mute, which algorithmically filters out street noise by amplifying frequencies that look like a human’s speaking voice and toning down everything else. For now, Spot is in closed beta on an invite-only basis, but it plans to launch with a freemium model—free for individuals, not for businesses—soon."
The Bridge
NYT Podcast Still Processing "Now That's What I Call a Bridge":
"Wesley has made his pick for song of the year: “Drivers License” by Olivia Rodrigo. This record-breaking track makes him nostalgic for his favorite part of a song — the bridge.
Bridges used to be a core feature of popular music, but they’ve become an endangered species, right next to the sitcom laugh track.
With today’s pop songs increasingly devoid of bridges, how do we form emotional, heart-swelling connections to pop songs? For Jenna, the answer lies in the earthquake that hit the world in 2018: TikTok."
Related,
NME – "The most beautiful bridges in music featuring The Beatles, Radiohead and more"
Reddit – "SNL - Drivers License"
Previously,
SNL - Drivers License (February 2021)