June 4th, 2007
The vast array of listening information available at Last.fm probably had a great deal to do with CBS's decision to purchase the company. Though I'm wary of the deal, I've not lost all hope for the site. The Audioscrobbler technology behind it is some pretty fascinating stuff and the data it collects is open and available be analyzed, interpreted, shared and displayed in a lot of diverse applications.
Hopefully, ...
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May 30th, 2007
I don't use the site as much as I should, but it's cool nonetheless. But I find this trend of useful, independent websites getting bought by soulless corporations to be increasingly annoying. $280 million though. It sure it's hard for those UK boys to pass up.
The last.fm blog claims there's no reason to worry and that CBS "understands the Last.fm vision." Still, as we've seen with flickr and reddit, ...
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September 4th, 2006
Anyone who has been reading the tunequest for a while knows that statistics, numbers, figures and graphs have played a large part in its progress. In fact, it was the discovery that 10% of my songs were responsible for 49% of my total play counts that prompted me to set out on this endeavor in the first place.
To this day, I'm still surprised by the lack of sophisticated options ...
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August 19th, 2006
This would be interesting.
UPDATE: Turns out this was an attempt at parody. Apple is NOT buying last.fm Oh well. It's a nice wishlist though. I still think GenreFolksonomies are cool. And even though I don't put together many playlists manually these days (viva randomization!), SmartTransitions is an intriguing idea.
I, for one, wouldn't mind seeing:
GenreFolksonomies
No longer will iTunes tracks be chained to single categories. Users will be able to create ...
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