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Today contained dull, "adult" stuff regarding accounts and filing. Not very inspiring, but a good excuse to test Spotify's latest feature: Discover Weekly.

In theory, it creates a weekly personalised playlist. In reality, it's largely being referred to as "creepy"... but positively so. As a tool to discover music, I'm impressed!

So far, I've only recognised two suggested tracks and yet ~90% of what I've heard, I've liked. I found four new albums in one afternoon, remarkably including a group I've been trying to find for months since seeing an uncited video on Facebook. That's a pretty powerful personal playlist!

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