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Somebody That I Used To Know – Gotye
Bike Home – Humans
Liko Lene Lisa – M+A
Good at Heart (RAC Maury Mix) – Lacrymosa
Montonton 2 – Humans
How Deep Is Your Love? – The Rapture
Nightcall – Kavinsky & Lovefoxxx
Niggas in Paris – Jay-Z and Kanye West
Gotta Have It – Jay-Z and Kanye West

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Find A Way – A Tribe Called Quest
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Party Tonight feat. Jean Grae – Black Sheep
Things They Say feat Lauryn Hill – Method Man
Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat) – Digable Planets
Drop – The Pharcyde
Solitaire – Rascalz
Success – Jay-Z
Don’t Let It Go To Your Head – Brand Nubian
Never Let Me Down feat. Saul Williams, Jay-z – Kanye West
Do What You Feel – Redman

I Want It All. Right-click to download.

Well the last six months have blown by. But in my industry six months is a long time and in an effort to keep up with advances in media, culture and technology I’ve decided to make a move again.

I’ve decided to launch myself head first into my first entrepreneurial venture – Storypanda.

The company is based on the insight that kids and parents are now sharing technology devices and are equally skilled on these devices. We want to use this insight to bring kids and parents together through technology and interactive storytelling possibilities. When we grew up technology drove a wedge between us and our parents. We were downstairs playing video games and watching DVDs and mom and dad were upstairs reading books. Now as an adult I’m playing Wii and using my iPad and my little nephews and parents are right there with me. It’s my belief that technology can bring families together again and the best way to do this is through great stories.

On a personal level I remember my parents reading me bedtimes stories, as well as, making up bedtime stories. We read together but we also created stories together. In part, our first product for Storypanda aims to emulate that experience but for the tablet publishing and social networking generation of kids and parents.

When does it come out? Yes we get this question every time we talk about this idea. Parents are so pumped to start creating. Go to Storypanda.com and enter your email. From there I’ll send you a beta release copy before anyone else so you can test it out. All I ask for is a little feedback so we can continue to improve.

There’s still so many exciting features to share but I’ll be updating this blog as well as our Storypanda social channels with all of our progress:
Storypanda Facebook
Storypanda on Twitter
The Storypanda blog

Exciting times! Thanks to all our early supporters.

Stories move us to act. Action requires risk and our willingness to take risks is rooted in our emotions, themselves rooted in our values. One way we can translate our values into the emotions that can inspire action is by telling a story. ~ Marshall Ganz

Brief: Get James more dates
Insight: Girls love cute animals
Solution: Start a cute animal blog and syndicate it across my personal channels
Outcome: Dates increased 300%