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"I still don't see what I can do with how we group those preferences. " The way in which this site will allow users to group their preferences seems like a slight organizational di…

That was my thought too so I have a demo under development. Unfortunately, it won't be ready by Oct.11, and of course, it's all about the right team anyway which is what I'm really…

This page explains many of netflix's limitations well: http://harry.hchen1.com/2006/10/03/391 . But more importantly, look at these limitations in light of how the discovery engine…

Here are two large differences between IRC: 1.) One of the main problems I am trying to solve is in your second sentence: "Once you find a chan you like..." It's time consuming to …

"groups of content" are collections of content that users create themselves (the social bookmarking aspect of the site). Users that want to build a reputation for being in the know…

I've got a few ideas, such as front-loading the site with content and preference data by using differnt API's, such as Flickr's API, Youtube's, del.icio.us, Last.fm's. This way whe…

I studied a lot of sociology in college and noticed a way that one could organize communities around their shared preferences of content so that people could discover new content w…

I agree: I rarely find that suggestions based off of anonymous, aggregrate consumer "social" data helps "pick" worthwhile suggestions for me. If a category of shopping is completel…

Is this really the best that's out there?

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It's an entrepreneur's job to get out there and hype their ideas. But prudence and good judgement still apply. I received advice once to not fully explain my ideas to a large corpo…

The examples you use as counter-arguments to my approach are not really counter-arguments, but deal with a different issue than what I was talking addressing in my last response. I…

I don't think that it is entirely accurate to equate news delivery with music delivery, nor do I think the lessons from journalists are entirely relevant when it comes to building …

An iphone without the phone.

I completely agree with this article. And a startup that could efficiently tap into people's hunger for fame and recognition on a broad basis could become a destination for user ge…

But would the Digg of music be enough? iJigg, which is something like that, launcher earlier this year. http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/18/jigg-that-music/ . Although it doesn't …

Summary: Be Visual Be Different--Break Patterns and Expectations Be Daring Change Things Regularly Inspire Curiosity Pose a Challenge Be Controversial and Committed Be Fun Be Stimu…

This makes sense to me for publishers and writers that aren't in the top 25% of books being sold. Marketing for many consumables can be thought of as a two-step diffusion process: …

What iTunes does not reduce are the search costs incurred by a user. If a user isn't planning on purchasing what is on the top ten list, a user has to know what he wants beforehand…

Projected $900MM in 2007, $1,380 in 2008.

This article (part 1 and 2) has helped me think critically about new models for selling music, along with the process of discovering other kinds of user-generated content.

What's also interesting are internet start-ups that will accept samples of your DNA, decode it, and then give you a profile of you genetic weaknesses. http://www.23andme.com/ http:…