Comments on: My iPod experience is all about tickling myself. http://decafbad.com/blog/2004/10/27/ipodtickles It's all spinning wheels and self-doubt until the first pot of coffee. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:39:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-hemorrhage hourly 1 By: ac http://decafbad.com/blog/2004/10/27/ipodtickles#comment-1374 ac Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.decafbad.com/blog/?p=564#comment-1374 <p>a smart playlist i use is one where it shows me songs that have been played 3+ times and are unrated. i look at it periodically and then quickly rate those tunes.</p> a smart playlist i use is one where it shows me songs that have been played 3+ times and are unrated. i look at it periodically and then quickly rate those tunes.

]]> By: pjm http://decafbad.com/blog/2004/10/27/ipodtickles#comment-1375 pjm Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.decafbad.com/blog/?p=564#comment-1375 <p>You should see the elaborate, nested, weighted Active Playlist I built to keep the rotation fresh on my iPod... to summarize, every song gets "rested" after playing, but the rest is shorter if the rating is higher. (There are, of course, special rules for new and/or unrated songs.)</p> <p>Nothing exceptionally clever, but the end result is close to having what amounts to a little radio station which only plays music I want to hear. It's freakin' incredible, and, as you put it, I feel like it's a very real bit of value added.</p> You should see the elaborate, nested, weighted Active Playlist I built to keep the rotation fresh on my iPod... to summarize, every song gets "rested" after playing, but the rest is shorter if the rating is higher. (There are, of course, special rules for new and/or unrated songs.)

Nothing exceptionally clever, but the end result is close to having what amounts to a little radio station which only plays music I want to hear. It's freakin' incredible, and, as you put it, I feel like it's a very real bit of value added.

]]> By: George http://decafbad.com/blog/2004/10/27/ipodtickles#comment-1376 George Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.decafbad.com/blog/?p=564#comment-1376 <p>Self-tickling seems to be a reoccurring theme of yours. Isn't the Amazon Wish-of-the-Month club along the same lines?</p> Self-tickling seems to be a reoccurring theme of yours. Isn't the Amazon Wish-of-the-Month club along the same lines?

]]> By: l.m.orchard http://decafbad.com/blog/2004/10/27/ipodtickles#comment-1377 l.m.orchard Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.decafbad.com/blog/?p=564#comment-1377 <p>George: Huh, you know, I think you're right. I never thought about the wishlist thing in those terms, but it fits!</p> <p>I'm actually starting to think this might be a good way to handle information overload. Like, establish some rules or set up some learning (ie. bayes or whatnot), toss in a shuffle, and filter a firehose through it. (ie. 611 RSS feeds I've subscribed to)</p> <p>I couldn't possibly process everything from the firehose, so a jug or two from it is better than nothing-- and a swig fuzzily selected from the better parts is better still. </p> <p>The idea is not to even try to get everything, but make the best of what I can actually use in a particular context. (like the current song, or a wishlist item, or a few dozen news items)</p> George: Huh, you know, I think you're right. I never thought about the wishlist thing in those terms, but it fits!

I'm actually starting to think this might be a good way to handle information overload. Like, establish some rules or set up some learning (ie. bayes or whatnot), toss in a shuffle, and filter a firehose through it. (ie. 611 RSS feeds I've subscribed to)

I couldn't possibly process everything from the firehose, so a jug or two from it is better than nothing-- and a swig fuzzily selected from the better parts is better still.

The idea is not to even try to get everything, but make the best of what I can actually use in a particular context. (like the current song, or a wishlist item, or a few dozen news items)

]]> By: Michael McCracken http://decafbad.com/blog/2004/10/27/ipodtickles#comment-1378 Michael McCracken Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.decafbad.com/blog/?p=564#comment-1378 <p>I agree - pondering this kind of thing is fun : http://michael-mccracken.net/blog/blosxom.pl/computers/mac/music/Shuffle.html</p> <p>I figured that the best way is to have it try to guess based on how you already interact with it instead of making you rate things (I have had iTunes for years and still mostly not rated the songs.)</p> I agree - pondering this kind of thing is fun : http://michael-mccracken.net/blog/blosxom.pl/computers/mac/music/Shuffle.html

I figured that the best way is to have it try to guess based on how you already interact with it instead of making you rate things (I have had iTunes for years and still mostly not rated the songs.)

]]> By: l.m.orchard http://decafbad.com/blog/2004/10/27/ipodtickles#comment-1379 l.m.orchard Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.decafbad.com/blog/?p=564#comment-1379 <p>Hmm. although, for info overload that isn't quite tickling yourself (not with RSS feeds anyway) because not all of the input is your own.</p> <p>And, Michael: Yeah, that's something I've started thinking about too. Wondering how hard it would be to come up with a little assistant that asked at each transition between songs, "Was that a good transition?" You give a thumbs up / thumbs down, or maybe some stars, and after awhile the thing can start building playlists.</p> <p>Unfortunately for me, the Party Shuffle mode isn't available for use when playing songs off the iPod in iTunes. Otherwise, I'd say that'd be a perfect mode to tinker with a small window of song order</p> Hmm. although, for info overload that isn't quite tickling yourself (not with RSS feeds anyway) because not all of the input is your own.

And, Michael: Yeah, that's something I've started thinking about too. Wondering how hard it would be to come up with a little assistant that asked at each transition between songs, "Was that a good transition?" You give a thumbs up / thumbs down, or maybe some stars, and after awhile the thing can start building playlists.

Unfortunately for me, the Party Shuffle mode isn't available for use when playing songs off the iPod in iTunes. Otherwise, I'd say that'd be a perfect mode to tinker with a small window of song order

]]> By: brian p http://decafbad.com/blog/2004/10/27/ipodtickles#comment-1380 brian p Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.decafbad.com/blog/?p=564#comment-1380 <p>great idea on the comments, i hadn't even thought of that. i mostly use the genre to filter, but i'm inspired. the 30k songs are a bit daunting tho.</p> great idea on the comments, i hadn't even thought of that. i mostly use the genre to filter, but i'm inspired. the 30k songs are a bit daunting tho.

]]> By: BlogBites http://decafbad.com/blog/2004/10/27/ipodtickles#comment-1381 BlogBites Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.decafbad.com/blog/?p=564#comment-1381 <p><strong>I wonder how much further this tickling-myself metaphor can be taken?</strong></p> <p>0xDECAFBAD Blog</p> I wonder how much further this tickling-myself metaphor can be taken?

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