Musicmobs: social networking... with music.

I've slowly started to become more aware of social networks... I think my first introduction was the oracle of Bacon... then I come to find myself at UC Berkeley's SIMS department with folks like zeph who are up to their eyeballs in social network research.

Now I've found a social network that I'm actually willing to contribute to... imagine that. Specifically, another SIMS student, Parker, turned me on big time to Musicmobs... it's a site where any iTunes user can upload and share their iTunes library XML file[1]. Why is this so cool? Because you can -- at the click of a mouse -- see what other people that like what you like, like. Further, you can browse their librarys and see what they like that you may not have a clue about. You can leave comments for people about other things they may like... in short, this is exactly the community that any self-respectiing listener of music should be part of.

To see what I'm listening to... check me out here: joebeone.

Why am I willing to contribute to this social network and not others? Because I firmly believe that music is an inseparable part of one's soul... what you listen to and the extent to which you research and seek out artists that move your booty is a big part of how you think, behave and interact. Other networks seem so contrived... musicmobs is something from which I feel I get an instantly beneficial network effect.

[1] If you have iTunes, go to "File" -> "Export Library" and upload the resulting .xml file to musicmobs

Posted by joebeone at Diciembre 27, 2003 07:41 PM