Thing #6

Of the top 100 Web 2.0 nominees, the one I chose to explore was Pandora.  Here is the link:  http://www.pandora.com/#/ It is a really cool site.  It's an online radio, tailored specifically to your liking.  It only plays stations or songs that you like or it thinks you might like.  First, you must set up a free account.  From there, you create your own stations.  All you have to do is pick one artist or song that you like and it plays.  Then, it plays songs similar to the one you chose.  If you like it you can click the "like" button and it will save it on your station and play it periodically.  If you don't like the song, you can click the "dislike" button and it will skip that one.  I like Pandora because it remembers the songs you like and stores them on the site for you to log on and listen to at any time you please.  It has every song I have tried to find.  It is updated frequently.  I honestly have to no dislikes with it so far.  I found it to be very useful.  It is so much easier than trying to keep up with cd's.  Since it is an online site, you don't have to be at your own personal computer to use it which is nice considering I'm always in computer labs at school.  I could see Pandora being useful in a classroom setting.  You could create a station of classical music to lightly play in the background while children are working.  I will definitely be using this site in the future.