I like poetry as much as any other person (which is not saying much, if you think about it).  Seriously, I do like certain poets, and there are episodes in my life when I would read nothing but poetry.  Writing poetry is a totally different thing, though.  I would not even dare go down that path.

That’s why I am giving this Swedish guy, Benjamin Olah Lindholm, a thumbs up.  I have no idea if he is a “real” poet – probably not – but what he did with Spotify certainly made him strike gold with his girlfriend.  The image up there, folks, is a “poem” that he created by putting song titles together.

So what did he do?  He didn’t give many details in his post, but I think he simply looked up song titles that would fit his message. He then sent each song, according to the order he wanted, via the Spotify Inbox feature.

The web site is in Swedish, by the way, so best use Google Chrome to automatically translate the content.  If you enlarge the image, read the song titles only.  I put them together – a testament to my poetry-writing abilities, or lack thereof:

Elizabeth,
I have seen the last day on Earth.
I have seen Santa’s little sleigh bells.
But, honestly, it doesn’t matter
Because nothing compares to you.
In your eyes I see the ocean.
In your lips I feel free.
In your hair I can feel the youth;
Smooth as silk.
Over and out,
Your protector for all time, I hope.
Your boyfriend won’t let you down.

Pretty neat, huh?  Yeah, cheesy it is, but Benjamin says “it worked better than ever.” (Now that’s the Google Chrome translation, so something might have been lost or mistranslated.)  I say I’d give him an A+ if only for the thought!

I don’t know if you’ve heard of Spotify but if you consider yourself a techie, a geek, or whatever name you want to call it, then you probably have at least got wind of this new service.  Spotify seems to be a promising music service – it offers FREE music streaming anywhere in the UK. More than being free, Spotify is now accepting sign ups without the need for invites!  This could very well be your ticket to endless hours of music without having to spend a single penny!

So what’s the catch? (I know that you were thinking of that once you spotted the word FREE up there…)  Well, for the free service, you have to endure the occasional ad.  If you are that particular about your listening experience and you do not want to  be interrupted even for a minute or less, then you might want to sign up for the premium service, which gets rid of the ads.  The premium service will cost you €9.99 a month, which is actually not that bad.  Personally, though, I think I would not mind enduring an ad here and there and NOT spend anything.

Another thing, the official Spotify blog has announced that while they are accepting sign ups without invites, they will have to see how the service grows.  The team has stated:

However, we want to make sure that everyone who uses Spotify gets the same fast, uninterrupted experience so providing a stable service is our priority. If growth happens too fast and it starts affecting quality we may have to re-instate the invitation system, hopefully this won’t happen.

Sounds reasonable to me.  After all, it is FREE. So why not check this out?  They are accepting registrations  in the Spotify web site.