http://disqus.com/people/2ea631dbe17caf9ba63ddad1914d83d9/enWed, 21 May 2008 18:05:48 -0000http://notebook-bwong.disqus.com/on_missed_opporunities/#comment-2138141I don't think that it's true that they're the same at all. I think Muxtape, fundamentally, is much better executed.<br><br>1. Mixwit - If I can't find out how to look at the track listings within, what, 15-20 seconds, that's terrible design. Yes, it's true to providing a 'mixtape', but if I can't get around to the music I want to listen to, it turns me off from using it. On top of that, I just got a flash exception. Uncool.<br><br>2. Seeqpod - this seems more like pandora more than a mixtape site? It looks like a music discovery service than anything else.<br><br>3. Project Playlist - probably the only one I'd use if Muxtape wasn't around, but I have two major qualms. There's this "Social" bullshit that I think is useless to this problem (the problem being I want to share music and listen to other peoples music). Why would I want/need 'Buddies' on a playlist site? If you really want to be able to do that, write a facebook app to hook into Muxtape somehow. The second qualm I have with this is that it takes me forever to browse playlists. On Muxtape, I go to <a href="http://Muxtape.com" rel="nofollow">Muxtape.com</a>, click twice, and I'm listening to music. How much simpler can it get?<br><br>4. imeem - I actually use imeem, and I think it's great that I can search for music and compile my own playlist. But because they have negotiated with the record companies, you can't listen to anything unless you're a member. That deterred me the first time I tried to use it. Muxtape is dead easy to start listening to music.<br><br>Further, although it's a tiny bit annoying that you can only make one muxtape, I think it's good because it prevents shitty playlists to be made. On all the aforementioned sites, the gold to shit ratio was extremely, extremely low, whereas I've found muxtapes ratio pretty high. If people are limited to one playlist, they're going to make it good.BennyThu, 08 May 2008 09:30:56 -0000http://scobleizer.disqus.com/new_york_times_announces_times_machine/#comment-9705610I would definitely recommend reading the blog they have. They just published a post going into a bit of detail (maybe not enough for me :) about how they created the data for the Times Machine. Very cool use of Amazon EC2 and Hadoop etc.BennyWed, 21 May 2008 18:05:48 -0000