Archive for the 'Personal' Category

The SpotDJ Story

Sunday, September 17th, 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 […]

Hi!

Monday, July 31st, 2006

Welcome to SpotDJ! My name is Grant Goodale, and I represent the other half of the technical team behind SpotDJ. Over the next few months I hope we can give you, the reader, some insight into what SpotDJ is all about; in return, I hope you’ll tell us how to make it even better.
But first, […]

Introducing DJ Klep

Thursday, July 27th, 2006

Hi there. I’m Scott J. Kleper, one of the co-founders of SpotDJ. I started working on this project in late 2005, after realizing that merely listening to back-to-back music tracks was too passive and repetitive. I was looking for a way to add an element of community, serendipity, and context to music and the result […]

Howdy from Bosco

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

Hey, this is Kevin, SpotDJ co-founder and DJ Bosco. I started SpotDJ so people can talk about music and share their thoughts with their friends. I’ve been amazed with the innovative ways people interact with each other around content through the web browser and want to see similar strides made in how people […]