Associate Professor of Media, Data & Society
In our Introduction to New Media classes at the University of Amsterdam we’ve been deconstructing two music recommendation systems: Mog.com and Last.fm. We focussed on the similarity and difference in the characteristics and the underlying algorithms and of the systems. Last.fm was by far the most favorite website and application amongs the students because of… Read more Last.fm Takes Personal Music Recommendation to Festivals
Dear MTV, I know I don’t exactly fit your age profile anymore but I really want to be MADE into a killer PHP programmer. I love watching your shows on a relaxing Sunday afternoon and I’ve seen girls become prom queens, rappers and skateboarders. How exciting would it be to turn a motivated grrrrrl into… Read more Dear MTV, I Wanna Be MADE into a Killer PHP Programmer
It’s been less than three months since I celebrated my 2000th del.icio.us bookmark. Maybe it’s too early to tell but it sure feels like an exponential growth. It might have to do with my increasing list of feed subscriptions and my decreasing amount of time to keep up with them. del.icio.us is a continuous record… Read more Celebrating 2500 del.icio.us bookmarks
Yesterday I attended the Amsterdam Flickr Meetup at the NDSM Wharf. An amazing amount of people from all over the world showed up and we spent a great day in Amsterdam North. I started using Flickr less than a year ago but it only took me a few days to take over two hundred pictures… Read more Photos Amsterdam Flickr Meetup 16th February 2008
Deleting your MySpace page is painful. You had friends, too few or too many. It had taken over your life, or you wish it had. Was your profile stale? Were you too active? The morning after International Delete Your Myspace Account Day elfriendo gives you a new look. elfriendo.com – “Taking the work out of… Read more International Delete Your Myspace Account Day: The Morning After is Elfriendo Day!
moar funny pictures And my favorite Christmas cartoon is by xkcd.