Hacker Stories: Finding Playground.fm at #sfmusictech
Yesterday I stopped by Singly’s office to check on SF Musictech Hackday. The goal of the event is to build cool stuff that leverages existing music APIs. Here at Geeklist we love discovering new cool apps hackers are building and I figured it would be appropiate to share this more often via our blog or email updates.
Last night I found Playground.fm, a really awesome new app that recommends playlists from people who match your music taste. Quick view of their demo last night:
It finds playlists created by other users based on your music preferences across multiple different services like Spotify, Rdio, etc. When Vivek told me about it, I couldn’t believe no one has built something like this yet!
I’m super lazy when it comes to searching for music, I can never remember the names of new singers or popular songs, so I usually ask my friends or I shazam it if I spot something I like, but not the best user experience. Using Playground.fm was effortless, it was like having your own personal DJ who happens to also know your taste and played stuff for you So this morning I interviewed Vivek and the team I asked them a bunch of questions about how he came up with the idea, how he used to develop the product, his biggest challenge, what was fun about it and how far he and the rest of the team wants to take it, etc.
Very cool team as you can see! Down to earth, very talented and they are all passionate about music. Perfect combination.
"Playground.fm finds playlists tuned for you. Listen to a personalized selection of music from your friends, world famous DJs, and people who share your taste in music. It's a fun and easy way to discover music you'll love, from music fans everywhere, while hardly lifting a finger” - Vivek Agrawal
After the hackathon I stayed I little longer and chatted with my friend Jason, CEO and cofounder of Singly and we talked about his product and the impact on developers. He is building a service thats basically making it super simple and easy for new companies like Playground.fm to build and integrate with APIs everywhere. He told me more about it in his own words.
"For Singly, it's not only awesome to have these types of companies as customers but also to see them come together through our community and help each other grow their businesses. Geeklist, to me, is a place for developers to share their stories and accomplishments with the broader tribe of creators. And in this particular case, Playground.fm has a lot to be proud of with their product. People should know about it, how it came to be and join in an ongoing conversation with the team on what tools they use, what they are learning and what they are doing to push the envelope with the use of smart data, friend-finding and sharing" - Jason Cavnar
By now you are probably hoping you can try out the app right? Sorry to keep you waiting so long! Just know that Geeklist users are the first ones to try this new cool app! You are getting exlusive beta access.
Soooo to get in go here: http://www.playground.fm/geeklist I’ll be publishing more stories as we discover more cool apps via hackathons or our own user base. If you have a new service to share, please send it to [email protected] and we’ll either give you really awesome feedback (if not ready prime time) or publish it for the world to see!
More behind the scenes screens
Enjoy it!
Christian Sanz