DemoGirl

If you ever feel like you’re about to freak out because you have some song stuck in your head but can’t seem to remember the name, then SongTapper may be just what you need. Yes, I know you can just enter in a few lines from the song into Google search and probably find your answer there. That is not nearly as fun as beating the rhythm of the song on your space bar and receiving your results without having to enter in one line of text. SongTapper allows you to do just that. The site design is nothing to write home about but there’s nothing to sign up for and it actually works. All you do is click on a link and then start tapping the rhythm of the song on your space bar. SongTapper will spit out some results and you can even listen to what your tapping sounded like. If SongTapper didn’t get your song right you can enter in the name and artist to help train it. Unfortunately, the reason a person would visit SongTapper is because they don’t know the name or artist so that step seems totally pointless to me. Other than that, it’s a fun way to find out the name of a song without doing a Google search and it actually got my songs right 3 out of 4 times.

WhyGoSolo may be just the place to go if you have just moved to a new city or want to do something exciting that your regular friends aren’t interested in trying. I signed up a few days ago and started creating my profile only to suddenly get really bored creating yet another profile on yet another social networking site. This morning I decided I should take another look to see what the site was really about. Boy, I’m glad I did. The name of the site really hits home for me because I find myself pretty much always having to “GoSolo” when I want to try things out in the city. Being new to a place and working at home can really put a damper on your social life and WhyGoSolo wants to try and fix that.

You begin by creating a profile and you can choose as much or as little information about yourself to be included. Besides a profile page you’re also given a place to blog, add photos, create groups, and post community listings. Groups and community listings are really what makes WhyGoSolo stand out. You can create a group for whatever you can think of – biking enthusiasts, local artists, music lovers, anything niche. I joined The Wing Women group which is meant to connect women who’d like to meet other women to hang out with within their city. You can also create listings for activities you want to try out but possibly don’t have anyone to do them with. When someone is interested in your activity (ie: biking Golden Gate Bridge on Friday) they can send you a handshake which is just like saying hello. The handshake is how you’ll connect with the person planning the activity and it’s their decision to accept or deny it. If you make plans and you don’t show up then it will be noted in your “flake-out score”. The flake-out score will help other members know if you’re reliable or not.

While I really like the idea of WhyGoSolo, it needs more members. I didn’t see any real worth while groups in the San Francisco area which means that until more people sign up, I’ll still be going solo.