Today in my technology and culture class we were discussing and comparing web 2.0 tools. Everyone had so much to say about their own favorite web application and it wasn't until after class that I realized one of my favorite websites can be classified as a web 2.0 tool. Grooveshark is a relatively new website that was introduced to me by one of my best friends. It allows you to listen to almost any song in the world for free, it is almost instantaneous and it has many features such as the option to create your own individual playlist or library. You can mark songs or albums as favorites and it saves what you have chosen. It displays favorite and most popular songs in a different category and they give you the choice of downloading, sharing (by email), downloading the ringtone, or adding the song to your 'favorites' folder. It is simple to use and best of all it costs absolutely nothing. There is also an application within Grooveshark called Grooveshark radio. Grooveshark radio compiles songs for you to listen to based on the songs you have entered into the website's search box. It is somewhat like iTune's Genius, except the difference between the two is that Grooveshark radio's songs are chosen by Grooveshark users, unlike Genius which is computer-generated. You can 'smile' or 'frown' at the songs that are listed and it saves your choice, so you never have to listen to music you don't want to listen to. It never really occured to me how much we all use web 2.0 tools until I was required to research them for school. To be honest, I didn't even know what they were until I read a definition on them and was given a list of some popular web 2.0 tools. They are extremely helpful and rewarding, and they can make our technology life so much easier, faster, and more modern if we learn about and use the right tools. I am very glad I was introduced to Google Reader, it saves me so much time now! Check it out for yourself here.
this is an interesting post and this site seems better than the others like limewire. But we also talked about copyright laws and doesn't this site break those?
ReplyDeleteThis seems like the website last.fm. To answer whether or not it breaks copyright laws, I don't believe it does because you are listening to the music, not downloading it.
ReplyDeleteHmm this looks to be a lot like Last.fm, but this one allows you to download the songs right from the site. Interesting! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThat is so interesting! Its amazing that this is legal... It kind of reminds me of the website, Pandora, expect that this seems to give the user more freedom. This is a really good example of a Web 2.0 tool, as it have the social angle as well...
ReplyDeleteI was thinking the same thing as India. This seems like an improved version of Pandora. It seems much more user friendly and gives a wider variety of ways to save and listen to songs. I don't think these sites are illegal either because you aren't downloading or reselling the songs, you are listening to them just like you would on a Youtube video from Universal Music Group or something.
ReplyDeleteI checked out the tool, and it reminded me of www.hypem.com which has a simliar concept. On Hypem you can create playlists, listen and find music all for free.
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