Comments on: Using services to increase consumption. http://www.zeusjones.com/blog/2008/using-services-to-increase-consumption/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Adrian http://www.zeusjones.com/blog/2008/using-services-to-increase-consumption/#comment-350 Adrian Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:25:00 +0000 http://beta.zeusjones.com/blog/2008/using-services-to-increase-consumption/#comment-350 Agreed, location-based data need to be combined with social data otherwise it's just another yellow pages. Location-awareness is a platform. I think we'll see a large number of different types of data mash ups. I'm really excited about what's coming. Agreed, location-based data need to be combined with social data otherwise it’s just another yellow pages. Location-awareness is a platform. I think we’ll see a large number of different types of data mash ups. I’m really excited about what’s coming.

]]> By: Tony Burt http://www.zeusjones.com/blog/2008/using-services-to-increase-consumption/#comment-349 Tony Burt Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:43:00 +0000 http://beta.zeusjones.com/blog/2008/using-services-to-increase-consumption/#comment-349 Increased "music consumption" of back catalog music I think you'll find, that is, music that we already know and probably ripped in iTunes when we first unpacked our iPods. Seems people <a HREF="http://www.metro.co.uk/fame/article.html?in_article_id=173910&in_page_id=7&in_a_source=" REL="nofollow" rel="nofollow">lie </a> and are just inherently lazy when it comes to the discovery of new music, even though we're given every opportunity to do so these days. We take tentative steps at the beginning but a lot end up where they began.<br/><br/>I too have been excited by the idea of location based services and the chance to explore the hidden gems in the vicinity of my London pad and beyond, but this will need to be combined with a strong community feature made up of 'real' friends and people I trust. MoSoSo's have promised this for a while but still haven't quite got it right yet. Increased “music consumption” of back catalog music I think you’ll find, that is, music that we already know and probably ripped in iTunes when we first unpacked our iPods. Seems people lie and are just inherently lazy when it comes to the discovery of new music, even though we’re given every opportunity to do so these days. We take tentative steps at the beginning but a lot end up where they began.

I too have been excited by the idea of location based services and the chance to explore the hidden gems in the vicinity of my London pad and beyond, but this will need to be combined with a strong community feature made up of ‘real’ friends and people I trust. MoSoSo’s have promised this for a while but still haven’t quite got it right yet.

]]> By: Geoff http://www.zeusjones.com/blog/2008/using-services-to-increase-consumption/#comment-348 Geoff Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:35:00 +0000 http://beta.zeusjones.com/blog/2008/using-services-to-increase-consumption/#comment-348 It does seem like the killer feature of recommendation services from Last.fm through Netflix is to introduce you to treasures you wouldn't otherwise have found. The idea that location based services can help you chart out a more detailed map of your own local territory is a compelling one.<br/><br/>I'm looking forward to the mashups between attention data aggregators, recommendation engines, and location based services. e.g., I want to be able to rock up in Berlin, and automatically get a Google map with everything from clubs to design shops and everything in between, pre-filtered based on my previously expressed tastes, those of my trusted friends, and a few "hot trends" thrown in for serendipity's sake. <br/><br/>I guess the only downside is for those people that do find that super cool obscure little coffee shop, it may not be obscure for very long... It does seem like the killer feature of recommendation services from Last.fm through Netflix is to introduce you to treasures you wouldn’t otherwise have found. The idea that location based services can help you chart out a more detailed map of your own local territory is a compelling one.

I’m looking forward to the mashups between attention data aggregators, recommendation engines, and location based services. e.g., I want to be able to rock up in Berlin, and automatically get a Google map with everything from clubs to design shops and everything in between, pre-filtered based on my previously expressed tastes, those of my trusted friends, and a few “hot trends” thrown in for serendipity’s sake.

I guess the only downside is for those people that do find that super cool obscure little coffee shop, it may not be obscure for very long…

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