iLike for iTunes.

After four lost hours, I was ready for a ‘Why iTunes sucks’ post. Basically, I just need a way to export my playlists to the blog, click to sample, maybe buy them if they want. Couldn’t find anything. Even Apple’s iTunes widget sucks. You can only display songs or albums you purchased already. I tried the ones found here, but no go. (Last.fm isn’t bad, it’s just not what I need, even though I like how it’s built around the idea of community and sharing.)

Try iLike instead. Much better. The interface is part Flickr, part Facebook, which you can also link accounts with. Easiest to get up and running out of all of them. You don’t have to enter your playlist songs one at a time and it plays everything on your playlists too.

You can see the widget I added in the sidebar, (although you don’t have to use one, the site functions without it). Locally on the blog, it displays most recently played stuff, but you can also choose to limit what bands are displayed. Perfect for keeping those guilty pleasures between you and Kajagoogoo. The other component is its community-based search feature which compares mutual playlists and rates compatibilities, (if, you need such a thing). The site’s usability is also solid, loading quick and all songs have a link to buy, plus, you can email it to anyone to check out. The badge here could be a little cooler, smaller, like My Flash Fetish’s collection of iPod designs, but that’s a small thing.

Definitely worth trying.

Tags: iLike, iTunes, last.fm, widgets, , mp3 players