If you haven't heard of internet radio, and specifically Pandora then you must be living under a rock or some other area where coolness of the web doesn't reach you. And if you have heard of it then hopefully like me you can understand how freaking awesome Pandora is to help time pass by at work, home, or on the road. Yup that's right, most cell phones now can run Pandora as an app so that we can continue to use the goodness that Pandora is. It's free, with some usage limitation, you select a "station" which is basically an artist, song, or genre that you like and what does Pandora do with that you might ask? Well, Pandora selects for you songs and artists that are similar for your listening pleasure. Yes, that's right, it selects it for you so that you can listen to other artists as well as the one you choose all for your entertainment. Don't like a song you say? Well, click on the thumbs down icon and it won't play that son anymore. Like the song? Then click on the thumbs up and it will play more of those types of songs/artists. Yes, it does work to eventually tailor itself to your listening preferences so that you don't have to listen to crappy songs, bad artists or genres that you don't like. The only downsides are 40 hours of free listening, ads intermittently and the occasional bad song- which can be rectified by clicking on the thumbs down icon. But hey, its free and you can tailor it to your own needs and wants and skip songs which don't do anything for you.
Free music listening that eventually only plays the songs you like? I'll take that and the ads that come with it as listening to Pandora really makes working easier and time go by faster. If you have it, you know what I'm talking about. If you don't then climb out from under the rocks and sign up for it.
No comments:
Post a Comment