Archive for the 'SpotDJ' Category

The Inspirational Story of the Facebook API

Friday, November 9th, 2007

Working creatively with APIs is one of the things that makes software development fun. APIs exist mainly to allow third parties to add functionality to software that the original authors don’t have the time, interest, or creativity to do on their own.
Most APIs are built to limit functionality, or more kindly, at least to […]

SpotDJ is the Fastest Growing Application on Facebook!

Monday, July 23rd, 2007

According to appaholic, SpotDJ is currently the fastest growing app on Facebook!
We’ve been so busy building the new SpotDJ that we haven’t even blogged about it, but it’s a huge leap forward for us. We believe we’re the only Facebook app that lets you build a musical cupcake. You can quote me on that.
If […]

SpotDJ Makes iTunes Better

Tuesday, October 24th, 2006

About a week ago, we released an updated SpotDJ with a totally redesigned web site and without the invitation-required restriction we had previously used to keep signups under our close control.

The launch got a fair amount of attention. We were covered first by TechCrunch. My favorite part of Marshall’s review is when he says […]

What I’ve Been Up To

Friday, August 25th, 2006

Some time in 2005, I was riding CalTrain to work and listening to my iPod. Again. Hearing music that I liked — stuff that I had rated 5 stars. But I wasn’t really listening. I was flipping through tracks rapidly because I was getting sick of just listening to music. It was too passive and […]