We are proud to announce the two winners in the first round of the Rhapsody Web Services Contest. We thank all of you who entered the contest and look forward to seeing how your sites and applications continue to grow and change. Both winners will receive a SanDisk Sansa e260 mp3 player with a six-month Rhapsody subscription.
Without further adieu, here are the winners:
Ron Gatewood submitted an Internet Explorer plugin that links text on any web page to Rhapsody.com. Simply highlight any artist or album text on any webpage, right-click and select ‘Search Rhapsody.com’ from the context-menu. The application uses the Rhapsody Search API to find the right match and takes the user to the appropriate page. We’ve been playing around with this and found it a great way to quickly get from a blog posting or album review to playing the content. The more you use it the more useful it seems to be. Congrats Ron.
Brian Greenbaum showed us his Pitchforkmedia+Rhapsody Mashup, which matches the excellent reviews on Pitchfork with Rhapsody Playback and Discovery. You can hear content from the latest reviews, or go back and peruse over 2,000 past reviews. Brian's site scrubs Pitchfork for new reviews, uses Data.xml to determine if the album and artist are available in Rhapsody, then posts the artist, album, and play links on his site. This is a great way to discover new music. Congrats Brian.
A number of you have shown me your works in progress, and there are some truly great web services integrations and mashups going on. So look for more prize announcements next month. Congratulations to these two winners. Enjoy your swag.
--The Rhapsody Web Services Team
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