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OpenPandora

December 1st, 2006

Several months ago, I found a great little app via a Lifehacker post called OpenPandora.  The 2 main reasons I like using are:

1. Since OpenPandora is a Windows application, I don’t have to hold my web browser hostage to play music with Pandora.com.
2. It sends my listened tracks to Last.fm, where I can get more recommendations and my friends can see what I’ve listened to.

The author of OpenPandora is constantly updating the program to provide more features and fix bugs.  To get a list of all the other many features OpenPandora provides, go to the download page.

I was browsing the author’s blog archives to see when he added Last.fm support, and found another site called PandoraFM that integrated Pandora and Last.fm before OpenPandora did. It actually seems to have better integration and more features than OpenPandora, but the problem is that you still have to use your web browser to play the music.  However, if you don’t have Windows or are restricted from installing programs, this is the next best thing to having OpenPandora.

Entry Filed under: Music, Technology