Comments on: Failed recommendations http://www.nnyman.com/personal/2007/01/20/failed-recommendations/ Niko Nyman's blog on shifting topics. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:16:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: /personal » Blog Archive » Social networking and shopping for music http://www.nnyman.com/personal/2007/01/20/failed-recommendations/comment-page-1/#comment-57692 /personal » Blog Archive » Social networking and shopping for music Fri, 06 Jul 2007 14:46:35 +0000 http://www.nnyman.com/personal/2007/01/20/failed-recommendations/#comment-57692 <p>[...] the most dependable source of recommendations. As you might know, I’m not a big fan of recommendation algorithms nor tagging and wisdom of crowds type of [...]</p> [...] the most dependable source of recommendations. As you might know, I’m not a big fan of recommendation algorithms nor tagging and wisdom of crowds type of [...]

]]> By: Niko http://www.nnyman.com/personal/2007/01/20/failed-recommendations/comment-page-1/#comment-16929 Niko Sun, 21 Jan 2007 13:13:23 +0000 http://www.nnyman.com/personal/2007/01/20/failed-recommendations/#comment-16929 <p>I have tried it. Actually I prefer last.fm's "similar artist radio" over Pandora. The main difference is though that last.fm radio and Pandora play music similar to one selected artist, while iLike and Amazon try to recommend new music based on your whole music library and how the library compares to other users' libraries.</p> I have tried it. Actually I prefer last.fm’s “similar artist radio” over Pandora. The main difference is though that last.fm radio and Pandora play music similar to one selected artist, while iLike and Amazon try to recommend new music based on your whole music library and how the library compares to other users’ libraries.

]]> By: karl long http://www.nnyman.com/personal/2007/01/20/failed-recommendations/comment-page-1/#comment-16917 karl long Sun, 21 Jan 2007 09:13:11 +0000 http://www.nnyman.com/personal/2007/01/20/failed-recommendations/#comment-16917 <p>have you checked out http://www.pandora.com yet? Does a pretty amazing job IMHO that's more based upon the "dna" of the music as opposed to other peoples behavior. If also has some wonderful little affordences that enable you to skip songs that your tired of without saying you don't like something.</p> have you checked out http://www.pandora.com yet? Does a pretty amazing job IMHO that’s more based upon the “dna” of the music as opposed to other peoples behavior. If also has some wonderful little affordences that enable you to skip songs that your tired of without saying you don’t like something.

]]> By: Niko http://www.nnyman.com/personal/2007/01/20/failed-recommendations/comment-page-1/#comment-16913 Niko Sun, 21 Jan 2007 06:49:54 +0000 http://www.nnyman.com/personal/2007/01/20/failed-recommendations/#comment-16913 <p>Actually I find that when I limit the data I give to last.fm, it works better. If I simply ask for similar music to artist X, I can quickly find lots of interesting new music. After my first few purchases at Amazon.com I got excellent recommendations. But when the volume and diversity of data increases, the recommendations get worse.</p> Actually I find that when I limit the data I give to last.fm, it works better. If I simply ask for similar music to artist X, I can quickly find lots of interesting new music. After my first few purchases at Amazon.com I got excellent recommendations. But when the volume and diversity of data increases, the recommendations get worse.

]]> By: pil http://www.nnyman.com/personal/2007/01/20/failed-recommendations/comment-page-1/#comment-16866 pil Sat, 20 Jan 2007 19:57:28 +0000 http://www.nnyman.com/personal/2007/01/20/failed-recommendations/#comment-16866 <p>Last.fm is a great way to find music similar to the music you like, and I know I have discovered many bands from this excellent site. It's not the only source of information I have, but it's another source of information.</p> <p>These recommendation systems need more data to be useful to users! I think the biggest problem in Last.fm is that you can't tell the system what kind of music you really like. The plugin should be more integrated with the music player of your choice to get the best possible results. For example, the current 5-star rating system in iTunes does not serve any purpose other than making your own playlists, this could be a way to help the system to make better recommendations. But then again, not everybody uses iTunes...</p> Last.fm is a great way to find music similar to the music you like, and I know I have discovered many bands from this excellent site. It’s not the only source of information I have, but it’s another source of information.

These recommendation systems need more data to be useful to users! I think the biggest problem in Last.fm is that you can’t tell the system what kind of music you really like. The plugin should be more integrated with the music player of your choice to get the best possible results. For example, the current 5-star rating system in iTunes does not serve any purpose other than making your own playlists, this could be a way to help the system to make better recommendations. But then again, not everybody uses iTunes…

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