I seem to remember a hackers conference where it was suggested that everyone should bring along their loyalty cards, and then do a swap.
If enough people did this, the databases would suddenly start to pick up on unexpected trends - customers whose profile suggested eating tofu and lettuce would suddenly be buying cigarettes and crisps etc.
It seemed like rather an interesting idea to me...
I live in the UK... We have a fantastic selection of varied radio, and I was amazed at ratio between content/advertising on American radio.
My brain felt like it was going to melt after listening for 10 minutes... Even the PBS stations seem to carry commercials ("This program is brought to you by...")
You really should try tuning into some UK real audio streams.
No auto-playout radio jukebox system, or massively pervasive online sharing system is going to wipe out the demand for thoughtful, well made radio programmes, even if the means to distribute them changes in the future.
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I seem to remember a hackers conference where it was suggested that everyone should bring along their loyalty cards, and then do a swap.
If enough people did this, the databases would suddenly start to pick up on unexpected trends - customers whose profile suggested eating tofu and lettuce would suddenly be buying cigarettes and crisps etc.
It seemed like rather an interesting idea to me...
I assume this is the same as the Shazam system in the UK. Here is a link to a pdf explaining how it works: http://ismir2002.ismir.net/proceedings/02-FP04-2.p df
http://www.ncoretech.com/mobilis/index.html with pics and info
I live in the UK... We have a fantastic selection of varied radio, and I was amazed at ratio between content/advertising on American radio.
My brain felt like it was going to melt after listening for 10 minutes... Even the PBS stations seem to carry commercials ("This program is brought to you by...")
You really should try tuning into some UK real audio streams.
No auto-playout radio jukebox system, or massively pervasive online sharing system is going to wipe out the demand for thoughtful, well made radio programmes, even if the means to distribute them changes in the future.