Random Good Stuff » Web 2.0 http://www.random-good-stuff.com Your Daily Updated Fun, Gadget and Games Blog Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:03:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 2.0 Cheap Labor http://www.random-good-stuff.com/2009/09/23/2-0-cheap-labor/ http://www.random-good-stuff.com/2009/09/23/2-0-cheap-labor/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:18:37 +0000 RGS http://www.random-good-stuff.com/2009/09/23/2-0-cheap-labor/

Everyone heard about the Netflix Prize . The person or team to improve their recommendation system by certain requirements gets a Million bucks. Sounds great?

Well, we run Criticker:

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We’ve always been a two-man team, without any funding or venture capital money, and completely unaffiliated with any other site. And couple of our users suggested to take part in the Netflix Prize. We looked into it and read their T&C and decided to sooo not take part. Since everything you submit to Netflix Prize goes over in their possession.

So 1 Millions sounds good but at the end Netflix paid $1 an hour in development and probably gained resources not related to make their recommendations better.

The New York Times has an interesting article – stating that a almost Netflix Prize winner has regrets.

We are very happy that we stood away from it and that we got to keep our simple but very effective movie recommendation algorithm.

Give us a try: Criticker

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Not too long ago we released a new feature on our Movie Recommendation Site: Criticker which allows 2 people to receive movie recommendations both like. Perfect for set of 2 people not being able to decide what movie to watch.

In order to use this feature you have to sign up an account ( each person one account) with Criticker and start ranking a bunch of movies (the more the better). Then find your friends profile page and add him as a Kumple (buddy). Then you will be able to generate recommendations within your Kumpel Page. Just pick your friend from the drop down menu within the Joint Recommendation box and voilà … no more fights about what movie to watch.

Sounds more complicated than it actually is.

More info: Joint Recommendations

Related: Movie Blog – Movie Forum

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Aww – I need Pokens … all of them (since I have a split personality)! So cute and an easy way to get layed. Nice!

Set to revolutionise the way social networkers…er, socialise, this keyring-friendly USB device lets you swap contact details instantly. Simply pull out your Poken and ‘high five’ it with your new best friend’s. Clever RF technology then zaps the info between the devices, so next time you log on to your favourite site, your profiles are linked. Genius!

More info: Social Poken

- Toys for kids who deserve none

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