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Tag: music

Learning from Turntable.FM to make immersive interfaces that “stick”

For the last few months, I’ve been obsessed with Turntable.fm. If you haven’t used it yet, you probably shouldn’t because it’s incredibly addictive. Others have gone into exhaustive explanations about how ttfm works sociologically. I’ve been doing some of my own analysis and wanted to put it out there so that other startups and people [...]

What I’d do if I were Pandora – [Part 2]

Okay, as promised, here’s my Pandora makeover. Don’t get scared off by the red text. Pretend this is an undergraduate design critique or something. Here are some things that Pandora might do to truly improve the experience for users and garner more revenue to boot. First, let’s take a look at the current state of [...]

What I’d do if I were Pandora – written by a fan who cares [Part 1]

I enjoy listening to streaming music from Pandora while I’m working. (Special thanks to big Dave for sharing his channel with me so I don’t have to spend time sifting or curating the good stuff) Pandora is an awesome product- it allows for discovery, evolves with me, and is generally a pretty good experience. I’m [...]

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