Comments on: Test Driving Genius Playlists http://kenclark.me/2008/10/test-driving-genius-playlists/ A weblog by Ken Clark about technology, e-books, and all things Apple. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:20:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Wicky http://kenclark.me/2008/10/test-driving-genius-playlists/comment-page-1/#comment-10418 Wicky Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:52:12 +0000 http://66.147.242.151/~kenclar1/?p=16#comment-10418 I've just activated my genius and so far the playlists are pretty much spot on, although when I base it on a chilled song, say Secret Garden by Springsteen it doesn't give a list of chilled out similar tracks, just ones based on Springsteen which is a shame. I’ve just activated my genius and so far the playlists are pretty much spot on, although when I base it on a chilled song, say Secret Garden by Springsteen it doesn’t give a list of chilled out similar tracks, just ones based on Springsteen which is a shame.

]]> By: Ken Clark http://kenclark.me/2008/10/test-driving-genius-playlists/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Ken Clark Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:22:57 +0000 http://66.147.242.151/~kenclar1/?p=16#comment-30 Mike-- I had a very similar thing happen to me as you did with Bowie (except it happened with "The Weight" by the Band). My bet is unless you have a library that is really diverse, it will always find some theoretical common thread that points any genius playlist to a core group of songs... at least until the algorithm gets a little smarter that is. --Ken Mike–

I had a very similar thing happen to me as you did with Bowie (except it happened with “The Weight” by the Band). My bet is unless you have a library that is really diverse, it will always find some theoretical common thread that points any genius playlist to a core group of songs… at least until the algorithm gets a little smarter that is.

–Ken

]]> By: LyricalUncertainty http://kenclark.me/2008/10/test-driving-genius-playlists/comment-page-1/#comment-31 LyricalUncertainty Tue, 16 Dec 2008 06:22:59 +0000 http://66.147.242.151/~kenclar1/?p=16#comment-31 I am obsessed with this feature: http://lyricaluncertainty.com/2008/10/28/six-degrees-of-bowie/ http://lyricaluncertainty.com/2008/12/09/blaggis/ I am obsessed with this feature:

http://lyricaluncertainty.com/2008/10/28/six-degrees-of-bowie/

http://lyricaluncertainty.com/2008/12/09/blaggis/

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