Last month, we sent out props to the folks at Mixa, who brought tangible back to digital mixtapes. Today, we go even further down the line and give a shout out to the purists of the mixtape world from the International Mixtape Project.

Last night, Mixx Maker made its second appearance at the Facebook Developers Garage in Vancouver! Presented by yours truly, Mixx Maker made its mark amongst other Vancouver-based applications, such as ...

Pollstar, known as the world's largest resource for international concert tour information, has written an article about Mixx Maker!

One day soon, we'll have downloads available for you guys. And when that day comes, you hardcore-mixtape folk might want to take a look at making a MIXA.

Each MIXA includes the following:

The mixtape is an art form that I was never acquainted with until recently and one that I’ve heard wonderful things about. There are mixtapes for every sort of occassion, and there’s even a following who devote themselves to the art, but most interesting to me were the countless romance stories.

Mixtapes have helped music lover overcome mediocre looks and awkward social graces, paving the way into the bedroom for many years. Or at least, into the hearts of their beloveds.

So, how do you get lucky with a Mixx?

For years now I've collected video game music. At first it was an idle habit of mine, but as I started to collect more I began to realize how incredible the music was (and still is). Many times you'll find a catchy tune from a game will in fact be a full song in much better quality, will have had a cover made in an entirely new style, or will have parts sampled to make entirely new music.

When we were creating Mixx, one of our biggest problems was the music library we could offer users. We explored partnering with music providers, but we knew the importance of sharing the exact version of a song, be it an original, cover, a sample, or remix. For Mixx, uploading was our only option.

With MP3 uploads as a must, we had to do something to make sure that we didn't turn into another P2P application, but what? And how could we make sure that we stayed within the realm of fair use?

In the past three weeks, I’ve been sick twice. These aren’t pansy colds either. These are hardcore, cold-sweat, nausea-inducing colds – and I’m in the midst of the second right now.

I might be delusional, but I’ve gone and scored a soundtrack for the war waging in my body. I think I’ll write a film about it. Here are five songs just as hardcore and nausea-inducing as this terrible, terrible cold:

When Facebook launched its API, the Opus Team had just come off an intense project and we were all feeling a little burned out. We thought making a Facebook application would be a fun diversion for us. But, we found ourselves stuck with the question: “What do we build?”