Legendary recording engineer Steve Albini died suddenly yesterday think Albini's experience with the music industry has parallels that easily apply to the technology industry, as they are both areas rife with bullshit. His 1993 essay, "The Problem with Music" starts off with the mental image of "a trench, about four feet wide and five feet deep, maybe sixty yards long, filled with runny, decaying shit", while "a faceless industry lackey at the other end, holding a fountain pen and a contract waiting to be signed" and just gets better the longer the essay goes. As I read it for the first time in about a decade, all I could think of is the startup scene and nodding my head, recognising the same tactics employed by both groups of shysters. Even the bits about recording audio could be replaced with the latest fad or buzzword we've all come across while just trying to do our work.
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