So I'm sitting around on office duty and I notice a little note chicken-scratched on the communication log binder stating the following:
Bored? Try pandora.com
I think, well, what else do I have to do with 3 hours of free time? (Notice how homework was not my first thought.)
And now I don't even bother with opening iTunes, I go straight to Pandora. My *very new* favorite song is playing and I click on the album cover, and bookmark the song. This opens a new window with my (very own!) profile. Another social network to join!
Most college students think they know everything about social networking. I mean we invented it, right? Hellooo, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg...duh?
Mashable's article on Pandora states that it's not yet a complete social network, but Pandora has integrated itself with Facebook as an application.
Now there are limits to Pandora's capabilities. I've noticed that on my Sara Bareilles station, it tends to play her every 3 or so songs. It's also the same musicians over and over again. But then again, just add a new station.
Some thing surprise me about Pandora. For one, on my Sara Bareilles station, two Christian bands have come up- Kutless and Relient K. In radio, Christian music hardly ever interferes with the "big bad mainstream," but Pandora compares styles not types of music. I, for one, like this. I can imagine how others, say non-religious people, would not appreciate this. I'm sure Pandora will come up again in some other posts, but for now, I'm going to go make more Pandora stations.
