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2006-04-22T10:52:00.000-07:00

The Art of Flight Rating: 4 out of 5 Available free for a limited time on Google Video this independent film provides a good insight into the underlying situation that resulted in the killing of protesting refugees outside the UNHCR's office in Cairo in January 2006.The director, Davin Hutchins, secretly used camcorders and a laptop to direct and edit the film which also

2006-04-18T23:49:00.000-07:00

0.2 REVIEW Apr 18, 2006 by soundrater.blogspot.comwebsite Star Trek: New Voyages - Come What May ★★★☆☆With a seemingly simple plot, in which the Enterprise is sent to investigate the distress call from a starbase research colony whose planet has been attacked by an unknown intruder, this first episode still manages to provide a good introduction to the world of

2005-07-31T04:06:00.000-07:00

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2005-07-30T02:31:00.000-07:00

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2005-07-29T11:06:00.000-07:00

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2005-07-28T02:06:00.000-07:00

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2005-07-25T12:05:00.000-07:00

Rating Tags with "rev" not "rel"I've been looking at the microformats.org website and from their RelFAQ section about the "rel" attribute in hyperlinks, it looks as if the "rev" attribute would be more appropriate for rating tags. At the bottom of the FAQ page the final example using their VoteLinks micro format says:"WWW2005 is a great conference"

2005-07-12T11:47:00.000-07:00

Ratings, Reviews & TagsThis post looks at some of the characteristics of ratings, reviews and tags before going on to consider the possibility of rating tags in order to enable the discovery of resources. It assumes raters share this objective, rather than the tagging of resources for other personal objectives.So, in order to discuss the possibility of using tags as criteria against which to

2005-07-11T03:44:00.000-07:00

Trial IllustrationJust a quick attempt to illustrate tags and ratings visually for blog readers...RockBallad Song MP3 RockCountryDamn, I was hoping to get the tags on the same line. Anyway, the bigger the rating the bigger the tag font size and I've also changed the link behind the tags to the web page where the resource (song/mp3 in this case) can be downloaded. Experiment over.UPDATE: This

2005-07-08T05:39:00.000-07:00

Initial Thoughts on Rating TagsBefore posting more generally on how tags and ratings can possibly be combined I thought I would experiment with the technique first to see how it works. The basic format for each rating would consist of five elements as outlined below:...............The ... entry refers to

2005-01-08T05:41:00.000-08:00

Illustration of "Wrong" rating option usage This BBC article "File-swappers ready new network" about a planned "Exeem" network demonstrates a potential usage for a "wrong" rating option (represented by a rating of -1 in a range of -1 to 100) when tagging rating metadata to content. Initially it was anticipated that this rating option (see post below) would be used when metadata was

2004-12-30T04:19:00.000-08:00

MetaCritic 0-100 Rating Scale Just discovered this explanation of the MetaCritic.com scoring system which uses a 0-100 rating scale. Of particular relevance to this blog is the "incredibly detailed version" of the explanation, detailing how a variety of alternative rating/review systems can be mapped on to their 0-100 rating scale. A symmetric rating system has been adopted by MetaCritic.com,

2004-09-01T14:32:00.000-07:00

The UK's first official music download chart !!! ??? This evening the BBC broadcast "the UK's first official music download chart" on BBC Radio 1, and on the Internet report that "...industry figures hope the chart will reflect the changes in how we listen to music." Hopefully the BBC fully understands the objectives of such industry figures, as the manner in which they decide to allocate their

2004-06-05T01:23:00.000-07:00

NotCon '04 Talk Notes: Gmail, Search and Content Discovery In reverse order... Content Discovery Many criteria against which to assess the content of search results - try "consensus of opinion": - At one extreme is agreed information/fact (e.g. "Battle of Hastings Date" - "1066") - At the other extreme are differing tastes/opinions (e.g. "Jazz Music Great" - ?) ...and the whole range in

2004-05-27T11:55:00.000-07:00

Summary of Song Ratings Here is a summary of SoundRater blog ratings for songs that are currently available to be legally downloaded over the Internet. Excellent Download Rock Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike MP3 Horton's Choice Good Download Rock Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike MP3 Horton's Choice Good Download Americana Attribution-NoDerivs-NonCommercial MP3 Christie McCarthy Good

2004-05-11T13:09:00.001-07:00

Gmail, Search & Content Discovery This blog is concerned with the discovery of content over the Internet using types of "social network" which are beginning to appear. It is anticipated that "searches" for content will produce unique results that are specific to the tastes of the individual conducting the search, rather than providing the same result for a given a set of search criteria,

2004-04-02T03:10:00.000-08:00

Pointer Towards User Needs The following post by Malibu (Andrew) on the Internet Archive Open Source Audio Forum, dated March 18, 2004, is a raw example of the demand there is for mechanisms that will enable the identification of excellent music, from unknown musicians, by users: “As a new member [of the forum] I am unfamiliar with many of the bands mentioned on the list. Could anyone please

2004-03-31T09:00:00.000-08:00

Individuals Permanently Networked by 2010? Interesting article by the BBC suggesting that "By the year 2010, scientists predict we will be immersed in a sea of miniature computers" ... which enable users to be permanently connected to the Internet. Personally, I'm looking forward to iPod type devices incorporating wireless communications technology so that the music and, more importantly, users

2004-03-29T05:45:00.000-08:00

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2004-03-28T11:07:00.000-08:00

Progression of Independently Produced Internet Content At the "WTF : WTF's The Future?" event yesterday a comment by Romek Szczesniak of "SpikyBlackCat" got me thinking again about the likely order in which types of content produced for distribution over the Internet by independent artists is likely to enter the mass market. What I am talking about here is content produced by individuals/small

2004-03-25T11:19:00.000-08:00

Can't Stop The Music Good article Can't stop the music by Ben Hammersley on the arrival of new online music sites. Interestingly, on Mperia.com "...artists get 70% of their track's price ticket." This is roughly what I would consider artists should reasonably be aiming for, although it is the first time I have actually seen it implemented at this level (using Bitpass). The article also says

2004-02-13T03:46:00.000-08:00

Wine Expert Rating Scale The type of rating scale that users are going to widely adopt to rate resources on the Internet has been covered by this blog before. We have proposed using a rating range of 0-100, see entry dated 5 November, 2003. Robert Parker, a wine reviewer, has similarly adopted a 100 points system at eRobertParker.com where there is a "Wine of the Day" entry on his home page

2004-02-06T08:14:00.000-08:00

Creative Commons RSS Feed for iPods A powerful demonstration of the power of Creative Commons licenses to make available new music to people is possible if the necessary pieces of an Internet application fall into place. Users would be able to freely assemble a vast collection of great music, for devices such as the iPod, if the necessary technology could be stitched together. This would help

2004-02-05T06:23:00.000-08:00

Commitment 2.0 So, having played with the consequences of my previous attempt to express what I am committed to achieving with this blog, I am going to have another go! Instead of specifying a deliverable (see entry dated 31 December 2003), which is consistent with a commitment, but does not express it accurately, here is my second attempt. What I am committed to is the creation of a network,

2004-01-15T08:19:00.000-08:00

Back to Basics Whilst it is anticipated that the mechanism / system of music discovery outlined below will ultimately be based on the use of RSS 1.0 feeds (which will enable automatic discovery to be incorporated into blogging & aggregator applications) I have decided to restrict the demonstration work to HTML. This is predominantly due to my greater familiarity with HTML and limited