Monthly Archives: September 2006

Last.fm Geographical Scrobbles

Last.fm developer Russ posted a neat image on his journal. This kind of visualization is so cool to look at, and reveals a lot about the service. It’s a 24 hour look at scrobbles from around the world. Great stuff, Russ.


iTunes 7.0 Is Pretty Awesome

I love the new UI of iTunes 7.0. The new features can be found all over the internet, but I read most of the details at The Unofficial Apple Weblog. One of the features that I noticed today is that the iTunes Store now provides three simultaneous downloads. Along with creating a Currently Downloading playlist … (Continue reading →)


Pandora.com Mini Player Popup

Continuing in the spirit of all things Pandora-related, I decided to make a Pandora mini-player pop-up bookmarklet in between classes today. I just wrote a little Javascript function to open a window, wrapped it in a function, and threw it into a bookmark. There’s one little annoyance, however: the window opens in the background. I … (Continue reading →)


Q&A With Pandora.com Founder Tim Westergren

I just returned from an amazing Q&A session with Pandora.com founder Tim Westergren. Over the course of an hour and half, Tim told the history of his company and what they are doing today, and answered numerous questions from the audience. The questions varied greatly, from dealing with Pandora’s business model to querying about the … (Continue reading →)


Finally…

After not posting all summer, I am trying to get some more posts written and posted as soon as possible. I am going to a presentation and Q&A with Pandora.com founder Tim Westergren tonight; hopefully a post will follow. I am taking 18 credit hours this semester, but so far I like all my classes, … (Continue reading →)