Last.fm
May 12, 2006 |
Last.fm is a pretty cool site that sprung out of the whole Web 2.0, social networking deal that started up a while back. Basically, after signing up for Last.fm, you install a plugin to the music player of your choice (mine, of course, is iTunes) and it records all the songs you listen too. After two minutes or 50% of the song has completed the plugin sends the information to Last.fm and it records it on your profile. This way you can then see how many times you’ve listened to “Genie in a Bottle” or that Lynyrd Skynyrd is your favorite artist of all time. Wondering what the point is? Well remember that I told you this site sprung out of the whole social networking trend. The idea is that Last.fm uses it’s supercomputers to recommend other artists you may enjoy and also find people who have similar musical taste as you. It’s kind of cool just to see what it recommends and also see what other people are listening too. A pretty neat site that will more than likely live longer then most Web 2.0 sites out there.
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[...] listening to music. How does it know what song I’m playing? Well, if you remember back to my feature on Last.fm then you’ll know that Last.fm keeps track of what music I play and now I’m sharing that [...]