Lovin' My Music

If you work in front of a computer all day you have to have a soundtrack. I love my iPod but i only own so much music. Slacker is a relatively new service available for free. It's similar to Pandora (which I have not used as much) where you plug in your favorite artists and listen to their station which includes similar artists. OR you can create your own mix based on your own preferences. Your playlist is ever expanding as you can add artists or even ban artists or songs. You can also share your playlists with others to expand your personal preference list. Here's my playlist:

http://www.slacker.com/?sid=stations/2773108/1193775903

Enjoy!

All I Want for Christmas is to Get Superpoked?

People who know me as a computer guy know that I'm not a huge fan of social networking sites. I HATE MySpace and I've hated since I first heard of it in 2003 or 04. Yet, I have a MySpace page. Why? because my friends in Medina Sod had a page and I felt compelled to represent. To this day I think they're still my only friend on MySpace.

But I recently started playing with Facebook...Purely for research as I was constantly being asked to reference their UI and workflow for our MyFetch section on FetchDog. As much as I abhorred the concept, I found their interface well-built and their usability in some cases brilliant. But something happened between quietly poking around the site and accepting friend requests. I think I'm hooked. The ultimate turning point was when I started actively searching for people from my past. At that point, I was no longer a closet Facebooker. I'm that guy. That guy on Facebook. Now that I have the mobile app (embarassing), I'm REALLY that guy. That guy who writes on your wall and pokes you. I even superpoke on occasion. I'm taking movie quizzes and throwing Santas. I'm comparing taste in popular culture with people I barely know, and I've reconnected with people I haven't seen in 10 years. I still don't UNDERSTAND why I'm doing it, but for some reason I'm doing it. And it's the guiltiest of diversions. Sorry everyone.