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In a previous post , we argued for the music identification service, Shazam , being the second most important invention (behind the washing machine) of the modern era. In retrospect, we may have been a bit dismissive of other inventions (invoking the ire of penicillin backers in particular) and a bit rash in our pronouncements. For certainly there are strong arguments to be made for Pandora . For the uninitiated, here’s the scoop on Pandora. You enter a song or artist that you like. Then, leveraging something called the Music Genome Project, Pandora classifies your selection on the basis of up to 400 different characteristic or “genes” and starts serving up tunes. By “upthumbing” (or downthumbing) the songs you hear, your station becomes increasingly personalized over time. It’s like an infinitely more musically enlightened version of yourself, DJing your own station. Photo: Harry_Nl, Flickr (CC by-NC-SA 2.0) We at MWMT ...