...so it was nice to go down and meet people in person. Not surprisingly, there were many questions about how to make our playlist better with the data we're collecting.

Over the past year we've made many improvements to the service, not the least of which is being much more pro-active about incorporating the thumbs feedback. With well over 500 million pieces of thumb feedback rolled into the system, it's fair to say that Pandora is now very much a hybrid of musicological connections, and collaborative contextual feedback from listeners. Hopefully, the best of both worlds.

The campus certainly has a real buzz about it - felt like I was back in my college dorm...

Tim (Founder)

Wow...I just read an article in the Monday (6.18.07) Wall Street Journal ("Internet Radio Races to Break Free of the PC")about the newest effort by Internet radio services to offer their wares for mobile users, and was surprised to read that Tim Westergren denigrated upstart Slacker.com. According to the article, "Mr. Westergren is aware of Slacker, but dismisses many of its forthcoming products as 'vaporware'" I'm assuming/hoping the article quoted Mr. Westergren out of context. Can't we all just get along? I like Pandora, but I like Slacker too.

As a Pandora exile, I am having major withdrawl syndromes. I mean, Last.fm is 'ok' at best. In fact, what I find more interesting about last.fm is not so much about the music, but how it does its 'Scrobbler' profiles. I hope when (or if) I get back into Pandora, you guys incorporate the social scene with your Flash interface. For example, if you guys can mix this:

http://www.last.fm/music/Jane+Jensen/+fans

with this:

http://www.airtightinteractive.com/projects/related_tag_browser/app/

I will be able to explore new music even faster!

http://video.google.com/googleplex.html

Speaking of google, I remember mentioning pandora.com to somebody at http://google-d-s.blogspot.com/ Great people to talk to over there!

My brain is seriously draining right now.
http://www.programmableweb.com/api/flickr/mashups

Will this help? I hope so!

Thanks for the note, Steve D. As you can probably imagine, this was not an accurate reflection of what I said. It's hard to control such things unfortunately. I was asked what I thought of it, and said I hadn't tried it yet because the devices aren't out, so I can't say. I also said you need to have a healthy respect for anything Dennis does as he's a very talented entrepreneur. Kind of a bummer... but that's the way the cookie crumbles...

Tim (Founder)

Well, I am yet another one of your new "googled" listeners. If you want new and interesting ideas why not ask your listeners online? I have many ideas myself. I am also an engineer/ computer integrated manufacturing major. Get back to me if you decide my small input could make a difference.

Yes, congratulations on the WSJ piece. Too bad the writer tried to inject drama into an article that was very intersting without the non-existent rivalry. If you haven't done so already, I encourage you to drop the WSJ a line asking for a correction/clarification.

On the upside: It helped spread the word about Pandora and RIAA's latest attempt to get an even bigger slice of the pie.

j

About the Millenium Act, radio stations are bound the same rules and there is no issue there.
Especially given that a number of the performers are not American.
Were you issued a cease and desist order or are you over reacting?
If you have such am order then post it and get public opion focussed.

Take care, Stephen

why am I hearing christmas music in July?