Last.FM – Genuinely cool
Maybe everyone has heard of this, but I’ve recently been playing with a number of cool online services. One of the best is Last.FM, which consists of a Windows client and a web service.
The Windows client app acts as a streaming radio tuner, but also sits on your computer monitoring and reporting up your media playback behavior.
Ok, so I’ve just lost folks who have privacy sensitivities.
But if you get past that, they offer an amazing amount of value in exchange for that data. Now you’ve got a service that
You can see my page at http://www.last.fm/user/dcaulton/ . Note all the stuff they do with my data;
- Folks can see the songs I listen to, what I like (you can all start making fun of my music preferences now).
- Folks can drill into my favorite music and drill in for more information. Listen to samples.
I get vastly improved recommendations and personal radio stations built based on my behavior. - I can meet “neighbors” who like the same music, view their info, etc…
- I can publicize my listening preferences in my blogs and web pages (note my favorite songs on the right).
Just plain cool.
6 Comments:
Built-in support on the Zune would be nice. There's an iPod plugin that sends your played tracks to last.fm whenever you sync it. I imagine it'd be even easier with the Zune's wireless.
Sounds like a sweet program...
I was wondering, is there any way you could snap a picture or two of where you work and maybe your cubicle like Many did on his blog?
Thanx,
-Charlie
I must say you've got some really good tastes in music. Rock on!
i used to be big with last.fm, but i often use radio to learn about some new artists. my personal favorite is pandora.com, although it doesnt yet have the charts and community of last.fm, its getting there. though what i like best about it, is that it anylizes(?) what songs you say you like, and through the musical properties recomends other songs. and this thing really goes in depth in terms of how it recommends music.
well, it gave me a bunch of new artists to listen to, so, give it a try if you like.
Oh, I too would like to see built in support for last.fm! That would be great!
FUCK YEAH! Same for me.
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