Comments on: Push-based content delivery http://www.obfuscated.org/2005/11/30/push-based-content-delivery/ I will not explain what this weblog is all about in a few words. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:37:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Tejaswi Kasturi http://www.obfuscated.org/2005/11/30/push-based-content-delivery/#comment-162 Tejaswi Kasturi Wed, 30 Nov 2005 15:00:05 +0000 #comment-162 <p>Pandora's cool, but implementing the player as a Flash app (while nicely cross-platform) is annoying - everytime I do anything else in the browser, the music drops or pops out.</p> Pandora’s cool, but implementing the player as a Flash app (while nicely cross-platform) is annoying - everytime I do anything else in the browser, the music drops or pops out.

]]> By: cp http://www.obfuscated.org/2005/11/30/push-based-content-delivery/#comment-161 cp Wed, 30 Nov 2005 14:06:37 +0000 #comment-161 <p>Yeah, I've played with Pandora a little bit. Word is that they have a team of folks assigning <em>lots and lots</em> of labels to each track -- the ones like "moderate harmonies" and "melodic guitar" and etc. It's worked pretty well so far. The big problem with this kind of recommendation is that it doesn't scale well as you add tracks, although perhaps the entire universe of music is small enough that you could tackle it using this approach.</p> <p>Either way, Pandora is pretty cool.</p> Yeah, I’ve played with Pandora a little bit. Word is that they have a team of folks assigning lots and lots of labels to each track — the ones like “moderate harmonies” and “melodic guitar” and etc. It’s worked pretty well so far. The big problem with this kind of recommendation is that it doesn’t scale well as you add tracks, although perhaps the entire universe of music is small enough that you could tackle it using this approach.

Either way, Pandora is pretty cool.

]]> By: SLS http://www.obfuscated.org/2005/11/30/push-based-content-delivery/#comment-160 SLS Wed, 30 Nov 2005 12:35:26 +0000 #comment-160 <p>P.S. Here's a neat Slate.com article about Pandora/Music Genome Project and Global Jukebox, and cracking the long-tail problem: http://www.slate.com/id/2121998</p> P.S. Here’s a neat Slate.com article about Pandora/Music Genome Project and Global Jukebox, and cracking the long-tail problem: http://www.slate.com/id/2121998

]]> By: SLS http://www.obfuscated.org/2005/11/30/push-based-content-delivery/#comment-159 SLS Wed, 30 Nov 2005 12:16:48 +0000 #comment-159 <p>Angela turned me on to the COOLEST music reccomendation tool I've yet seen. It's called Pandora. You type in a song or artist you like, and it creates a streaming station of similar music for you. You can even save your stations and share them with your friends.</p> <p>Check it out: http://www.pandora.com/</p> <p>I needed a little AC/DC this morning, so feel free to stop by my "Back in Black" station here: http://www.pandora.com/?sc=sh3095850</p> Angela turned me on to the COOLEST music reccomendation tool I’ve yet seen. It’s called Pandora. You type in a song or artist you like, and it creates a streaming station of similar music for you. You can even save your stations and share them with your friends.

Check it out: http://www.pandora.com/

I needed a little AC/DC this morning, so feel free to stop by my “Back in Black” station here: http://www.pandora.com/?sc=sh3095850

]]> By: Robert http://www.obfuscated.org/2005/11/30/push-based-content-delivery/#comment-158 Robert Wed, 30 Nov 2005 12:02:02 +0000 #comment-158 <p>I think it would be better if we could push all the crap back to the content providers instead. Denial of service with Justin Timberlakes mp3 files.</p> I think it would be better if we could push all the crap back to the content providers instead. Denial of service with Justin Timberlakes mp3 files.

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