The social aspects of Songbird have always been intriguing to me. Some of our recent add-ons (such as Shareaholic, and the newly uploaded Me.dium) have started exploring how social networks can start to be tied into the Songbird experience. Songbird’s browser aspect can, of course, naturally do the usual web browser interface to social networks… but an extension like Me.dium that makes browsing the web a social experience has always seemed more interesting to me in that it requires less *conscious* effort to share what I’m doing.
I was super-psyched to meet a couple of the Me.dium devs when they came out to our last Songbird DevCamp where they, armed with our Developer Centre references, and documentation, made quick work out of building in Songbird support.
Music is inherently a social activity… we discover new music by seeing what artists our friends are listening to, and by recommendations from trusted sources. With Me.dium, you get that in both the browser context, and now in the media library context. Anyway, go check out Me.dium at their Me.dium site, or install their Songbird add-on and add some friends (I’m ‘donuthole’ on the network), and start exploring and sharing your music listening and browsing experience.
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SubscribePerfectly put, “less conscious effort to share.” I have always felt that way, but never put it in those words, well done. I love music, and especially new music. Whenever I take a chance and listen to a new genre or band it usually turns out to be an excellent experience. The Songbird and Me.dium duo now makes it that much easier to find and share new and old favorite tunes. Friend me in me.dium, user pjn, I’d love to talk anything from Miles to Stones to Jay-Z.
Cheers!