May Day is Lei Day in Hawai’i…
Here’s an interesting idea: price music by age/length of song. It arises from a discussion of Apple’s new iTunes service; why should a 10-second Eminem cut cost the same as a 25-minute classical piece?
Only 7.4 percent of online consumers who noticed these systems (recommendation software like Amazon’s) said they often purchased recommended products…” Ain’t it the truth. I bought an Anna Quindlen book for my mother as a gift to my sister a year or so ago; ever since I have gotten Chicken Soup books as possible books for me. Now it appears that some of the companies are (gasp!) adding human intervention to their systems. It’s an interesting discussion of AI and its pitfalls and advantages.
I’ve always made heavy use of Amazon’s ability to tweak your recommendations. It’s a few extra clicks and it can be a pain, but I go through and tell the system to exclude any gifts I’ve bought. I also try to tell it about items that I already own when I notice them. I guess this is why I seem to find my recommendation lists pretty handy. Oh, and I think they use your wishlist too so it’s worth setting one of those up too.
I’ve bought one cd from the recommended list @ amazon and it turned out to be one of my favorite cds of the last year. I, too, tweak the recommendations, though.