Tags:
audio,
music,
music-discovery,
radio,
social-media,
Web 2.0
I try to list (randomly) popular social music services in this post. It is not the complete list of course. We can add our discoveries to this list. I hope you enjoy it. 
- Last.fm
Users can create custom radio stations and playlist from any of the audio tracks in Last.fm’s music library, and are able to listen to some individual tracks on demand, or download tracks if the rights holder has previously authorised it.
- Imeem
Imeem is a social media service where users interact with each other by watching, posting, and sharing content of all digital media types, including blogs, photos, audio, and video.
- Pandora
Pandora is an automated music recommendation and Internet radio service (US only for now).
- Finetune
Type an artist’s name, finetune creates a playlist of related songs for you to listen to. Explore the finetune community - browse artists, users, playlists and more.
- Mog
Listen to millions of full-length songs for free. Share your music library, playlists and opinions on music. Discover music recommended by users who share your musical tastes.
- Myspace Music
MySpace is now one of the biggest social network site on the Internet. So it’s obviously a great place to hunt for music if you are looking for recommendations from friends.
- iLike
Discover new music with your friends. Over 20 million people use iLike to share music tastes and playlists, and to learn about new artists and concerts together.
- RadioBlogClub
Bookmark your favorite tracks and build-up your playlist. Then listen to your juke.blog player.
- Jango
Custom radio that plays the music you want.
- iJigg
Discover, rate and download free music.
- Grooveshark
Free streaming. Social networking. Music discovery.
- Live365
Thousands of free online radio stations.
- Musicovery
Interactive web radio with attractive user interface.
- UPlayMe
Keep up with friends and meet people through the music & videos you’re playing right now.
- QLoud
Qloud provides the music experience users want: unlimited, on-demand, free music from endless library.
- Audiofarm
Audio sharing.
- Mystrands Music
Browse and share popular music.
- Musicmesh
Discover related music and artists.
- Jiwa
Hundreds of thousands of songs to listen to unlimited.
- Soundpedia
Rediscover music you like.
- Media Master
Your music. Anywhere.
- Deezer
Music on-demand.
- Sideload
Free music on the internet to sideload into your locker.
- Tun3r
Your mood. Your station.
- Fiql
Source for music and video playlists.
Happy listening. 
Tags:
extension,
Firefox,
firefox 3,
productivity,
read-it-later
Published August 26, 2008
in Firefox.
Sometimes, I cannot find time to read my daily selected articles. I bookmark them, later I forget to read. E-mailing those articles can be a solution, however it is not effective and takes time to manage.
“Read It Later” is a Firefox extension that creates a manageable list of links to be read later. New features of it for Firefox 3 users are:
- One click saving, sorting, tagging
- Sync your list with any number of computers
- Offline reading
- Access anywhere
- RSS feeds
- Click to save mode
- Save all tabs for later
Let’s see it in action:
- You like a page and want to save it for later reading. Just click the little “tick” at the end of the address bar. It is added your list and the little “tick” turns red. You can add links to your list by right clicking on the link and selecting “Read This Link Later”.
- You want to read them now. Click the little “book” icon in the navigation toolbar and select the desired link from the list.
- You are complete with the link and want to delete it from the list. Just click the “tick” icon in the address bar one more time, select the “Just Mark As Read” button to delete it. You can add your link to losts of social sites here before deletion if you want.
Tip: You can add links to your list quickly with the “Click to Save Mode” option. You click the links and they are added to your list automatically rather than followed through. It is activated by pressing “Alt + m” or clicking the little red “tick” icon in the bottom right corner. Try it.
Detailed explaination about “Read It Later” is here.
Firefox add-on page for “Read It Later” is here.
I think, it is great. Happy reading.
Tags:
google-reader,
Online Tools,
shortcuts
I personally use Google Reader for reading RSS/Atom feeds. It is online, clean, simple and effective. I highly recommend it if you haven’t used it before.
In this article, I’ll share Google Reader shortcuts I frequently use. Trust me, your feed reading speed will increase reasonably. Let’s get started:
- m
Mark as read/unread the selected item.
- n/p
Scan down/up. Selects the next/previous item without opening it in the List View. Use shift-n/p for selecting the next/previous subscription or folder in the navigation panel.
- j/k
Selects the next/previous item in the list.
- o
Open/Close item in the List View. enter can be used as well for the same purpose. Use shift-o to open the item currently selected in the navigation panel.
- u
Toggle full screen mode.
- r
Refresh the unread counts.
- shift-a
Mark all items as read.
- v
Open the original article in a new window.
- shift-s
Toggle share.
- 1
Show items in Expanded View.
- 2
Show items in List View.
- a
Add a new subscription.
You can find the complete listing here.
Happy reading.
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