Eric Paul Snowden is an artist and designer living in Brooklyn

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Two Upcoming Speaking Engagements

Over the next two weeks I’m going to be speaking at two conferences, the MSUM College Arts Symposium and Adobe Max 2010. This week I’m speaking at Minnesota State University Moorhead about my work, current concerns for web designers and giving workshops for graduating designers. Wednesday, October, 27th I’m speaking at Adobe Max on a [...]

Back from Vacation

Back to regular blogging after a week on a beach at Fire Island. We found an amazing house in Fair Harbor just a few blocks off the beach (like everything on the island) and had a great time eating, reading in the sun, and playing Kadima with our housemates. After one restaurant to choose from, [...]

My Pic In Billboard Magazine

A picture of the panel I was on at NARM 2010 showed up in Billboard Magazine this week. I’ve been interviewed by Billboard before but have never seen my picture in print without knowing about it beforehand. While this may only be interesting to my friends and family, I wanted to post it here for [...]

NARM 2010 Mobile Applications Panel

Today I was on an amazing panel at the 2010 NARM Convention discussing the use of applications in the music industry. While the focus was on mobile apps, we discussed desktop apps, widgets and the mobile web as well. The panel was moderated by Tom Constabile from Verizon Wireless and contained experts in design, development, [...]

Talking about the iPad with Alternative Press

Check out my thoughts on how the iPad may effect the music industry at AltPress.com. Looks like I made the cut and was quoted a few times talking about the device. The interview was purely conceptual as none of us had seen the actual hardware, but I think everything we said holds up well post-launch. [...]

SXSW – The Future of Online Music Videos

Yesterday I spoke on a panel at SXSW titled The Future of Online Music Videos with Nick Stahl from Brightcove, Alexander Kisch from VEVO, John Sasso from SONY Music Entertainment, Inc and William Wilson from NARM. We discussed different delivery points for video online, from band’s direct to fan sites to large destinations like YouTube [...]

Notable – The Easiest Way for Teams to Provide Feedback on Websites

Notable Notable is a web and iPhone based service that allows team members to easily share feedback on all aspects of a website. To start a discussion you create a new project called a capture, or a set to hold multiple captures. Captures can be created from a url, by uploading an image, from an [...]

New Role at Atlantic Records

Today the digital media department at Atlantic Records went through a reorganization, and my role at the label has changed significantly. Up until this point I was heading up our creative group, overseeing the work of our team of talented web designers, as well as our new technology initiatives. After today I will be heading [...]

Simple iPhone voicemail backup

A great article from Strangely Dim on how to backup voicemail messages from the iPhone simply, with no additional apps, and no Jailbreaking. 1) Backup your phone in iTunes 2) Run a simple Terminal script (copy and paste) 3) Wait a few seconds and all of your voicemails are converted to .amr files. The one [...]

Avatar Fanbase Launch and New Press

Two mentions for Fanbase came out in the wake of our launch of the Avatar Soundtrack Fanbase. We worked alongside Fox to launch both Fanbase Social and Fanbase Desktop for Avatar. Check out the link on the official movie site below. We also received two great mentions for the platform with TrendHunter.com calling Fanbase “trail [...]