Songza: Music Search & Internet Jukebox
November 19th, 2007 | Published in Music, Search | 3 Comments
Surprisingly, I heard about Songza on Uncov, the blog of dissing everything web 2.0. For it to actually get a rave review over there, I decided it was worth checking out. Unlike peer-to-peer (P2P) or BitTorrent services, Songza users can’t (illegally) download songs, only listen to them online, internet radio-style. But where Songza differs from current internet radio providers like Last.fm or Rhapsody is that you don’t have to listen to a “station” based on the artist you enter; instead, you can choose exactly the artist or song you want to here and stream it live, without having to pay or subscribe to Songza in any way. Really! You just type in a song title or artist and click “search” and Songza will load and play the song. Songza’s creators designed the site to show what they believe is a “human interface,” a term they’re using to describe interfaces that reflect how people actually use software. For them, Songza presents this “humane interface” concept through the site’s clean, clutter-free design and transparent remote control.
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November 19th, 2007 at 10:15 am (#)
Hey Now Sarah,
I heard of Songza here first. Really nice site. Easy to use
Thx 4 the info,
Catto
December 8th, 2007 at 12:20 am (#)
yea, i must agree, songza is amazing and have been using it for like a month before i saw your review… from what i can tell you just gave a small peep at what the site actually is like, it is alot more “fulfilling” if you want to say when you actually go and use it yourself.
p.s. a human interface is just what you input commands to and that device interacts with the other components to complete the command. unless that is what the creator actually said “interfaces that reflect how people actually use software.” then ignore this postscript completely
December 9th, 2007 at 9:10 pm (#)
that’s what they actually said!