![]() Jones: I'm not sure "acquired" is the right way to look at it. I think that was when it first dawned on me that what we were doing could turn out to be a viable business, as well as a labor of love.Įvolver.fm: How did Audioscrobbler get acquired by Last.fm? What was/is your reaction to how widespread its use became after that? The first month we ran ads on the website, we made a few thousand pounds. We were struggling to afford rent, servers, etc. The surge in interest and signups was highly motivating.Īs silly as it sounds, the other occasion that stands out for me is a bit later on, when we got our first Google Adsense payment in the mail. People were starting to write about Audioscrobbler in early 2003 ( possibly being the first blog) and there was coverage in The Guardian (the first mainstream press article, if I remember correctly), BBC, etc. ![]() The handful of friends I had initially convinced to install my Winamp plugin "so I can collect enough data for my dissertation" had told all their friends, and before long, I was seeing new people signing up every day from all over the world. The next occasion I remember was when I spent some time digging in the logs and running the numbers, a few months after I started. That was the "Audioscrobbler minimum viable product." ![]() I remember thinking I had discovered something pretty cool at that point. I had no idea that would be such a fun and interesting thing to explore until I'd built it. That mechanic was core to the whole experience, and still is today. ![]()
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