{"items":[{"content_text":"Last month, Spotify updated their (http:\/\/news.spotify.com\/us\/2014\/04\/02\/spotify-paints-it-black-with-new-look\/) service and apps with a new look and a new way to manage your music called \"Your Music\".\nI tried Spotify again 1 (#fn:1) after this new update, and it has come a long way since the last time I used it last year.\nPlaylists without a Collection was my major problem with the service, but with \"Your Music\", Spotify now has a collection, and improved on various other areas. I also love the curation - At night the Browse section shows \"Sleep peacefully tonight\" with \"Late Night\" and \"Sleep\" playlists. When I'm in the car it shows \"Playlists for Driving\" or \"Spotify On the Go\" and when I'm sitting on the coach right now writing this, it shows \"Saturday Night Playlists\" or \"Tommorow is a New Yesterday\". And the Mac app comes with support for musiXmatch (https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/musixmatch-music-lyrics-player\/id448278467?mt=8&at=10l5UB), the app I use (http:\/\/slsrepo.com\/about\/the-apps-i-use\/) for my lyrics needs.\nSpotify is a great looking app with nice features and I suggest you give it a try (http:\/\/www.spotify.com), it's free to shuffle (http:\/\/news.spotify.com\/us\/2013\/12\/11\/music-for-everyone-now-free-on-your-mobile\/).","summary":"

Last month, Spotify updated their<\/a> service and apps with a new look and a new way to manage your music called “Your Music”.
I tried Spotify again 1<\/a><\/sup> after this new update, and it has come a long way since the last time I used it last year.
Playlists without a Collection was my major problem with the service, but with “Your Music”, Spotify now has a collection, and improved on various other areas. I also love the curation - At night the Browse section shows “Sleep peacefully tonight” with “Late Night” and “Sleep” playlists. When I'm in the car it shows “Playlists for Driving” or “Spotify On the Go” and when I'm sitting on the coach right now writing this, it shows “Saturday Night Playlists” or “Tommorow is a New Yesterday”. And the Mac app comes with support for musiXmatch<\/a>, the app I use<\/a> for my lyrics needs.
Spotify is a great looking app with nice features and I suggest you give it a try<\/a>, it's free to shuffle<\/a>.<\/p>

  1. I used to use Spotify as my music streaming service in 2011, before I discovered Grooveshark<\/a>, I kept an eye on it since, but it never actually returned to be my go-to music streaming service. ↩<\/a><\/p><\/li><\/ol><\/div>","authors":[{"name":"Sl","url":"https:\/\/slsrepo.com\/author\/admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bfc348ea5d143e017e0d78c12b0aef10?s=512&d=mm&r=g"}],"id":"https:\/\/slsrepo.com?p=766","content_html":"

    Last month, Spotify updated their<\/a> service and apps with a new look and a new way to manage your music called “Your Music”.
    \nI tried Spotify again     1<\/sup><\/a> after this new update, and it has come a long way since the last time I used it last year.
    \nPlaylists without a Collection was my major problem with the service, but with “Your Music”, Spotify now has a collection, and improved on various other areas. I also love the curation - At night the Browse section shows “Sleep peacefully tonight” with “Late Night” and “Sleep” playlists. When I’m in the car it shows “Playlists for Driving” or “Spotify On the Go” and when I’m sitting on the coach right now writing this, it shows “Saturday Night Playlists” or “Tommorow is a New Yesterday”. And the Mac app comes with support for     musiXmatch<\/a>, the app I use<\/a> for my lyrics needs.
    \nSpotify is a great looking app with nice features and I suggest     you give it a try<\/a>, it’s free to shuffle<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

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      I used to use Spotify as my music streaming service in 2011, before I discovered Grooveshark<\/a>, I kept an eye on it since, but it never actually returned to be my go-to music streaming service.  ↩︎<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>","title":"+Spotify's Your Music","author":{"name":"Sl","url":"https:\/\/slsrepo.com\/author\/admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bfc348ea5d143e017e0d78c12b0aef10?s=512&d=mm&r=g"},"date_modified":"2014-05-03T15:23:14-07:00","tags":["Short Posts"],"date_published":"2014-05-03T14:27:11-07:00","url":"https:\/\/slsrepo.com\/short\/spotifys-your-music\/"},{"content_text":"Today I turned off the comments on the site.\nAs Matt Gemmel said when he turned his comments off (http:\/\/mattgemmell.com\/comments-off\/) 2 years ago:\n\n> \n\"I want to make it clear that this isn't a means to discourage conversation; indeed, I hope the opposite is true.\"\nI am turning comments off not to discourage conversation, but to improve the reader's experience. I love Disqus (http:\/\/disqus.com) and I think it's truly the best commenting system out there. But I have to the conclusion that readers don't need comments. In the past 2 years, since the creation of the site, there has only been 1 comment. Just 1 person out of the tens of thousands who visited the site left a comment, while others chose to contact me on Twitter\/App.net\/Email. I believe that's because sharing a post on Twitter is personal.\n\nAgain, from Matt's post (http:\/\/mattgemmell.com\/comments-off\/):\n\n> \n\"Comments allow anonymity and separation of your words from your identity. On Twitter or Facebook, anything you say is at least tied to whatever form of identity you have there. Comments on an arbitrary website don't follow you around, and I think that encourages very unhealthy behaviour\"\nThe comments box, while inviting and mostly helpful, separates your words from your identity, and is less personal than sharing to your friends on Twitter, when your identity is tied to your words. I have checked a lot of other writers\/developers websites and just 1 out of almost 30 websites had comments. Every article on this site has a paragraph with my Twitter, App.net and Email details and I also encourage you to create linked posts on your blogs as a comment if you don't want to use Twitter or App.net to let the world know your opinion.\n\nAs Dr. Drang said (http:\/\/www.leancrew.com\/all-this\/2013\/06\/on-comments\/) when he turned off his comments:\n\n> \n\"I don't feel good about this. I've always defended blog comments and had done so just a few days earlier. The great majority of the comments here have been helpful and maybe even more respectful than they needed to be. But I shouldn't be spending that kind of time replying to stupid comments, and I know myself well enough to know I can't ignore them.\"\nI don't feel good about turning the comments off, but I believe it will eventually provide a better experience, and if it doesn't, they will return.\n\nIf you have anything to say about this change or anything else on the site, feel free to contact me via email (http:\/\/slsrepo.com\/about#contact), Twitter (https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/DevSl) or App.net (https:\/\/alpha.app.net\/devsl), Thanks for reading, You are the best! :)","summary":"

      Today I turned off the comments on the site.
      Inside this short post, you can read the reason why I did it, a little history about the comments, what other writers had to say when they closed their comments and my thoughts on comments.<\/p>","authors":[{"name":"Sl","url":"https:\/\/slsrepo.com\/author\/admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bfc348ea5d143e017e0d78c12b0aef10?s=512&d=mm&r=g"}],"id":"https:\/\/slsrepo.com?p=726","content_html":"

      Today I turned off the comments on the site.
      \nAs Matt Gemmel said when he turned       his comments off<\/a> 2 years ago:<\/p>\n\n

      \n

      “I want to make it clear that this isn’t a means to discourage conversation; indeed, I hope the opposite is true.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

      I am turning comments off not to discourage conversation, but to improve the reader’s experience. I love Disqus<\/a> and I think it’s truly the best commenting system out there. But I have to the conclusion that readers don’t need comments. In the past 2 years, since the creation of the site, there has only been 1 comment. Just 1 person out of the tens of thousands who visited the site left a comment, while others chose to contact me on Twitter\/App.net\/Email. I believe that’s because sharing a post on Twitter is personal<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n

      Again, from Matt’s post<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n

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      “Comments allow anonymity and separation of your words from your identity. On Twitter or Facebook, anything you say is at least tied to whatever form of identity you have there. Comments on an arbitrary website don’t follow you around, and I think that encourages very unhealthy behaviour”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

      The comments box, while inviting and mostly helpful, separates your words from your identity, and is less personal than sharing to your friends on Twitter, when your identity is tied to your words. I have checked a lot of other writers\/developers websites and just 1 out of almost 30 websites had comments. Every article on this site has a paragraph with my Twitter, App.net and Email details and I also encourage you to create linked posts on your blogs as a comment if you don’t want to use Twitter or App.net to let the world know your opinion.<\/p>\n\n

      As Dr. Drang said<\/a> when he turned off his comments:<\/p>\n\n

      \n

      “I don’t feel good about this. I’ve always defended blog comments and had done so just a few days earlier. The great majority of the comments here have been helpful and maybe even more respectful than they needed to be. But I shouldn’t be spending that kind of time replying to stupid comments, and I know myself well enough to know I can’t ignore them.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

      I don’t feel good about turning the comments off, but I believe it will eventually provide a better experience, and if it doesn’t, they will return.<\/p>\n\n

      If you have anything to say about this change or anything else on the site, feel free to contact me via email<\/a>, Twitter<\/a> or App.net<\/a>, Thanks for reading, You are the best! :)<\/p>","title":"+Comments Off","author":{"name":"Sl","url":"https:\/\/slsrepo.com\/author\/admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bfc348ea5d143e017e0d78c12b0aef10?s=512&d=mm&r=g"},"date_modified":"2014-02-27T13:38:04-08:00","tags":["Sl's","Short Posts"],"date_published":"2014-02-22T14:58:06-08:00","url":"https:\/\/slsrepo.com\/short\/comments-off\/"}],"authors":[{"name":"Sl","url":"https:\/\/slsrepo.com\/author\/admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bfc348ea5d143e017e0d78c12b0aef10?s=512&d=mm&r=g"}],"feed_url":"https:\/\/slsrepo.com\/category\/short\/feed\/json","title":"Short Posts – Sl's Repository","language":"en-US","version":"https:\/\/jsonfeed.org\/version\/1.1","description":"Simple Productivity","home_page_url":"https:\/\/slsrepo.com","url_comment":"This feed allows you to read the posts from this site in any feed reader that supports the JSON Feed format. To add this feed to your reader, copy the following URL -- https:\/\/slsrepo.com\/category\/short\/feed\/json -- and add it in your reader.","icon":"https:\/\/slsrepo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cropped-icon.png"}