Comments on: iTunes, iPod…iLike?

By: Goombah: More music discovery

Goombah: More music discovery — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:18:23 +0000

[...] the competition, which we’ve written about more than once, Goombah doesn’t run as an iTunes plug-in with a [...]

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GigaOM 30Boxes team launches Facebook Ad Exchange « — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 04:14:34 +0000

[...] doing pretty well. One of them, Ali Partovi is currently riding the Facebook rocket, thanks to his not-so-new company, iLike (formerly GarageBand), which is often held up as a shining example of The [...]

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 18:01:54 +0000

I fell in love with iLike, after using Last.fm for years. But the fact that iLike doesn't offer RSS feeds of its data, insisting we use their obnoxious orange Flash-based "widget" on our sites instead, keeps Last.fm's iScrobbler plug-in running on my computer.

There are too many "widgets" and other fancy, blinky things showing up in blog sidebars and social network profiles these days, and one wonky service can stop your site from loading. RSS lets stuff get cached and decently formatted, making for a much less "Times Square"-like experience.

By: Olaf

Olaf — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 04:45:33 +0000

The social part of last.fm is just great. I have met my girlfriend there, she is one of my neighbours and we found that the same taste in music is quite a good start (and we even live 6 time zones apart). The "explore-new-music" experience is unparalledly well delivered by Pandora and great geeks like those at pandorafm.real-ity.com have combined both (i.e. stream music off Pandora and build up a profile on last.fm at the same time).

By: weeb

weeb — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 03:42:46 +0000

It's a mainstream version of last.fm. Installing stuff is a turn off. I have bout 300 add ons and I'm sick of them.

By: stu

stu — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 04:03:57 +0000

Nevermind, found out who to email!

By: stu

stu — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 04:00:01 +0000

Crashes camino, havn't had any other website do that before, don't know who to send email to :(

By: John

John — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 16:47:05 +0000

Being a big fan of the new music utility movement, I was excited to try out iLike. There are some good things in here however there are also some disappointments.

The good: Looks nice and clean which is always a challenge. It works very fast and is easy to understand. The free music thing is, well, who wouldn't like that. Messaging is also very easy and a great feature.

The disappoionting: The recommendations! Recommending songs based on the artist is outdated. Beck doesn't just belong in just the Alternative aisle now that the world has moved to single song downloads. I want some Alt Country with his "Canceled Check"! Without good recommendations the app is useless to me, and I don't want to have to make all of my friends use this thing to see them improve. Finally, it's not very visual. I would like to see some album covers in there.

Has anyone tried Soundflavor DJ? It's also pretty cool.

By: Matt Burris

Matt Burris — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 11:46:44 +0000

I'm an avid user of Last.fm (as well as Pandora) and one of the things that has really bothered me about Last.fm is its interface and usability. It's clunky and isn't too pleasing to the eye, either. The service and features are nice and all, which was what kept me using it for so long.

Trying out iLike, I'm enjoying it moreso because the web design and iTunes drawer are both well designed. They're efficient, and easy to understand when perusing the features.

For example, sending a message to a friend is easy and quick, all on one single page. I love that, as it encourages me to use the service more. I probably also really like iLike because iTunes is my default player, and it is specifically catered to it. Last.fm has more support for other media players, though.

They're both great services, we're lucky to have these choices. For now, I am really enjoying iLike. I've discovered a bunch of independent artists and songs I'm enjoying, and sharing them is easy.

By: Duncan

Duncan — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 18:34:41 +0000

I've tried it and I still prefer Last.fm.