quietlife.net

turntablefm: some thoughts

11 Aug 2011

So, at CentreSource, we have been playing around with turntable.fm quite a bit lately. A few observations:

  • It’s a lot of fun
  • Nonetheless, it’s still a lot like this.
  • It’s too resource-intensive. I like to listen to music at work – with my friends, even – but I don’t have time to be a fulltime DJ all day long. I think a nice complement to the interactive communal DJing would be some sort of “radio/party” mode you could put it in so that if no one has anything queued up, it’d just play random stuff in a particular genre or artist-related area. Basically turntablefm + lastfm/pandora.
  • The avatars are a little too creepy/furry. The competitive angle to the avatar acquisition is fun, but who wants to wear a teddybear fursuit? not this guy.

Comments

Kyle Jones — August 11, 2011 at 20:29 · reply

Ditto. Fun but it’s too distracting during work

R. Francis Smith — August 15, 2011 at 06:33 · reply

I may misunderstand how it works, having only been there a few times, but my observation was that I really wanted it to have a waiting queue for becoming a DJ, not have a mad race whenever someone stands up.  It makes enough difference to me to, well, not really be all that interested in it, except that one time when a handful of us started a room to DJ for each other, which was great and I’d be happy to do it again.

adjustable laptop stands — May 05, 2012 at 06:04 · reply

In addition to the eye-level screen positioning, you are also benefited with the non-skid rubber feet of the laptop stand. So even if you happen to change the base from a wooden table to a plastic table, placing your mobile laptop stand will not hinder your work. And in case if you are worried about carrying your laptop stand from one place to another, all you have to do is fold it! It is as simple as that.

Thanks! Your comment has been submitted and will appear shortly.

Leave a comment