First I have to say that this was a tough assignment, tough because I didn't want to choose just one award winner to look at and play with. I actually peeked at quite of few of them and was impressed by what I found. For this post, I'll just address Pandora, a music oriented site that lets you create your own radio station, just by entering the types of artists or songs you already like. It then adds similar projects to a list that you can then edit, listen to, or delete entirely. Very simple, very nice. At this point I only see the personal application of this one, but if we added sound to the pacs, perhaps patrons could choose pre-made lists of certain genres to listen to. Yeah, yeah, I know, the library is for quiet study ;)
http://pandora.com/
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I used to listen to my carefully honed Pandora stations (Libera, Hayley Westenra, and Nichole Nordeman) every Thursday while I stuffed checks at work. But this week another wonderful Web 2.0 tool won my admiration: www.seeqpod.com
Now, instead of wading through songs similar to the ones by my favorite artists, I can create playlists of the actual songs I already know I like (if they are available on the internet).
Still, I am indebted to Pandora for exposing me to Hayley in the first place (they played her on my Libera station).
Thanks, daughter! I'll have to try that one, too!
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