Euan Semple noted that lots of people seem to have been given iPods for Christmas. My experience certainly backs that up, with my Fiona’s sister receving an iPod nano, and Fiona’s mum getting a Sony ‘Walkman’-branded flash-memory based MP3 player. Both were delighted, but come Boxing Day, their first questions to me were asking whether [...]
Damn, I’ve got loads of weblog posts in draft (either half-finished on my weblog system or still in my head) that I haven’t gotten round to writing over the past few days. Went to see a film at the weekend that I want to write about. Have some thoughts about the ‘citizen journalism code’ that [...]
James Cridland (of Virgin Radio) compares last.fm (and similar) with Virgin Radio. Whether algorithms can pick music choices better than a radio station Head of Music is an interesting question. Obviously, last.fm and similar have the leg up in that they can do personalisation, which broadcasting, by its very nature, can’t do. James claims that [...]