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Re: intercourse with biscuits

maryrosecook — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:26:40 -0000

Wow! Very quick work.

Re: intercourse with biscuits

maryrosecook — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:59:17 -0000

According to a comment posted by Matt Haughey on MetaFilter, this idea was actually invented by Philip Greenspun between 1998 and 2000: http://ask.metafilter.com/1...

Re: Music discovery services chart new paths for gift recommendations

maryrosecook — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:00:53 -0000

That's an interesting idea. So you could get an idea of how close
your taste is to that of Epitonic, or Tiny Mix Tapes, or whatever?

Mary

Re: Music discovery services chart new paths for gift recommendations

maryrosecook — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:50:29 -0000

Thanks so much for the write-up of the perceptron. I absolutely love your idea about allowing users to control the relative weights of different sources. I'm totally going to look into it.

maryrosecook

Re: My Vision For Social Media

maryrosecook — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:47:02 -0000

That is very flattering - thank you so much.

Re: My Vision For Social Media

maryrosecook — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:15:06 -0000

Wow thank you so much for saying that. And, yes, maybe it is.

Re: My Vision For Social Media

maryrosecook — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:14:07 -0000

"Just give us your data and we'll figure it out" is a very hip concept
at the moment. It is difficult to bet against, as it is essentially a
"technology will get there eventually" argument. However, it's also a
dangerous temptation to focus on the creators (sharers) rather than
the consumers. This breeds corporate mass media ("fuck the public")
and moves away from communities that make their own content for
themselves (where consideration of the audience/consumers is paramount).

Re: My Vision For Social Media

maryrosecook — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:19:42 -0000

I find it interesting that you chose to emphasise the sharing, rather than the consumption. I don't know which is the more important, but I do know that sharing is a firehose at the moment, rather than an irrigation system. So, in order to build a good system, it might be instructive to focus on the consumers, rather than the sharers.