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Mixwat?!?

Posted by Vicki Scholtz | 3 Sep, 2008

Because Google Chrome is only available thus far on the Windoze platform, I've had to look elsewhere to amuse myself, and thanks to Robin's tweet, found myself stumbling around Mixwit.

Mixwit is not some whizzed up version of Mxit, but rather a totally free site which allows you to create, customise and share your own playlists. It's fully integrated with Vuisboek and oodles of other social media hang-out zones so you can publish and share your playlists as widely or as selectively as you choose. It also places convenient "purchase this MP3" links (to iTunes and to Amazon) on each song you playlist, should someone like the track enough to wish to Do The Right Thing and transact financially instead of merely rip.

It's pretty intuitive to use, though there is a link to a tutorial (also availble in Espanol) and you can generate playlists as fast as your imagination allows. I've managed a mere three - in various stages - thus far, and have yet to get funky with designing my own skinz or anything too daring. Because...  well, there seems to be some bug (it's still in beta) that's not entirely iBook friendly, and so the drag and drop interface to populate the playlist doesn't recognise my touchpad. And, once I connected a mouse, that was fine... for the rest of that playlist. On the next one, it went on strike again. Oh well, I may have to borrow a PC to finish them, if the bug doesn't sort itself soon.

It also allows you to search for other mixes:  by user, by artist, by track title, or by mix title, and allows you to favourite mixes or fan their creators - the social media side of it, which stops it being yet another soapbox for the Warhol generation. 

Because it allows you to playlist anything in MP3 format anywhere on the interweb, the potential educational possibilities are also numerous, but why let serious educational potential undermine a little fun, huh?


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  1. As a possible commentary on how often The Right Thing is Done, I report that neither iTunes nor Amazon sells MP3 downloads to customers in SA. Oh, yeah. While we're here: anyone who playlists Pink Floyd and/or remembers the Sex Pistols is _in_ the Warhol generation. Sorry, but there it is. Posted by Cassandra 03 Sep 2008, 21:47
  2. Andy Warhol's quote that "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes" was a prediction rather than a description. Of all generations to date, the current one (some members of which may remember or even playlist the music cited) is most adept at broadcasting itself globally in pursuit of fame. Posted by Candy Warhol 04 Sep 2008, 17:14

  3. Cassandra: my children are in the Warhol generation, then - my son listens not only to "The Wall", but even the 1968-era PF.

    Good music is hard to keep down...:-)

    Posted by Andy W 05 Sep 2008, 11:38
  4. You can run Chrome in wine, follow the link on tectonic, but it is still ever slightly so buggy, is neat, fast and wholesome though :) Posted by cow-fan-lee 06 Sep 2008, 06:26
  5. cool, but you can only add music from the web (not your HD). any idea how to easily electronically share playlists with others? Posted by T 18 Sep 2008, 22:49

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