From the Web 2.0 world: If you like to listen to music while you work, you may want to consider Pandora. Based upon the Music Genome Project, Pandora attempts to create a radio station based upon the type of music you like, a specific artist, or even a word that reflects the mood you are in.

I like to listen to Jars of Clay a great deal, so I created a station to hear not only Jars of Clay but also to hear some suggestions from Pandora of other artists that fall into the same genre. Now I must admit I am not a music aficionado, so my patience for listening to music can be limited. This leads me to want to skip a song when it doesn’t suit my tastes. Pandora allows me to skip songs and to also let the system know if I do not like a song (although it limits the number of times you can skip a song in an hour).

Since my patience is limited, I am hoping that it will adapt to my tastes quickly enough so that I do not have to stop listening to it because I cannot skip anymore songs. Otherwise, this service will not be for me. But I love the idea, that I can not only pick the station but also that I can refine its suggestions.

UPDATE: I thought you could create a station based upon the type of music or even a word, but I just went to create a new station and it will only use an artist or song. Sorry about that… not sure where I got my idea from above, but that would be even cooler!

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