Archive for July, 2006

Read It Swap It

Posted by alex on July 6th, 2006

If, like me, you like to read, you’ll know how expensive books can become. I get through perhaps 5-10 books a year which means I probably spend about £50-£70 a year on books. Once I’m finished they just find their place on my bookshelf.

That was until I discovered ReadItSwapIt which is a free service that allows you to swap your books for books that other members of the site have. You just have to upload a list of books you want to swap along with a description of their condition, make a request to swap with another member and if that person likes the look of one of your books, you proceed with the swap.

This is a great way to recycle books and get the most out of them while also saving money on your new books. Another great use of power of the internet.

Pandora Just Got Better

Posted by alex on July 5th, 2006

Remember the music discovery service Pandora? The service allows you to enter an artist or song and it will play you songs that are similar in style. Well now it’s become a whole lot better.

Pandora Backstage allows you to enter an artist or song and it will give you a short biography of that artist, along with a list of all the artists it has in its database that are similar in style. When you click on an album it even gives you a list of songs and allows you to listen to samples of each song. This is a great way to quickly discover music similar to music you like. Just check it out.