Doug March is a web designer/developer in Washington, DC, USA, Focusing on creating web sites and user interfaces built with semantic markup and web standards that are not only usable but accessible.

The Beloved Echo

I haven’t used Pownce for a while now, twitter had taken its place. The other day on the walk to work I started to think of a way that Pownce could also be used in my daily routine. The idea that came from that walk is the “Beloved Echo” (Formally known as the abysmal named “The Daily Tape”). Essentially it will be me sending songs to all the people that follow me. Back in the day before the design/development bug took hold, this is what I did. I created monthly mix cd’s and sent them to all my friends. There wasn’t much thought put into the process, and great resources like woxy, good hodgkins, 3hive, pitchfork, magnet, the big takeover, glorious noise and many others sites provided the inspiration for what made it and what didn’t.

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