Founders Scrobble For the Last.FM Time

11Jun09

Felix Miller, Martin Stiksel and Richard Jones launched Last.FM, an internet radio platform, back in January 2002 from a living room in East London. In 2007 they sold Last.FM to CBS and by April this year the service had played over 1.8 billion tracks – just for the top 40 alt-rock acts alone. [...]

Filed under: 2009, June   |  2 Comments
Tags: Digital Radio, Last.FM, Streaming Music

What podcasts does a planner listen to? And how could speech content create a personalised radio channel?

11Feb09

I’ve just done a quick check of the podcasts I listen to, as I’m sure I’ve subscribed to more than I actually use.
It appears I listen to the following ones regularly, all were downloaded from iTunes:
- In Our Time, BBC Radio 4
- TEDTalks – Audio and video presentations from the annual Technology, Entertainment [...]

Filed under: 2009 February   |  1 Comment
Tags: Last.FM, Personalised Radio Channel, Podcasts, Speech Radio, Timeshifting

Last.FM

12Jan09

I’ve just updated my music section, but it just reminded me that I haven’t sang the praises of Last.FM anywhere near enough.
This is, quite possibly, my most used digital app that doesn’t relate to work.
Below is a snippet from my updated list of the top 50 groups / artists / composers that I listen to. [...]

Filed under: 2009, January   |  Leave a Comment
Tags: Last.FM, Music