Friday
Apr252008
The Filter and CNBC
Friday, April 25, 2008 at 09:19AM
My beta account to The Filter was just activated this morning. I was really excited to try this out because I am always looking for a better music and entertainment recommendation engine and I am a fan of Peter Gabriel, who is one of the masterminds behind this project. I covered it on this episode of Loaded in March.
Having spent less than five minutes on the site, I am not able to get a real grasp of it yet. My first impression is that it seems a little labor intensive. It wants me to rate too many artists and genres in order for it to get a sense of what I might like. I’ll play with it more this weekend and give you a more thought-out opinion.
Meanwhile, I am heading to 30 Rock today to go on CNBC’s Power Lunch this afternoon at 1:15 p.m. Eastern. I’ll post a link later this afternoon or this weekend. I may not have time this afternoon actually because my very favorite shopping buddy is visiting from San Francisco! Besides, this lovely Spring New York weather screams out to me: “Don’t work on a Friday afternoon, Natali. Have a late girls lunch and go shopping.” I guess I will have to oblige!
Having spent less than five minutes on the site, I am not able to get a real grasp of it yet. My first impression is that it seems a little labor intensive. It wants me to rate too many artists and genres in order for it to get a sense of what I might like. I’ll play with it more this weekend and give you a more thought-out opinion.
Meanwhile, I am heading to 30 Rock today to go on CNBC’s Power Lunch this afternoon at 1:15 p.m. Eastern. I’ll post a link later this afternoon or this weekend. I may not have time this afternoon actually because my very favorite shopping buddy is visiting from San Francisco! Besides, this lovely Spring New York weather screams out to me: “Don’t work on a Friday afternoon, Natali. Have a late girls lunch and go shopping.” I guess I will have to oblige!
Reader Comments (2)
NYC weather doesn't talk to me, nor does it know my name. :-)
I'm still stuck on iTunes. It makes compu-recommendations, but I rarely listen to them. I'm old school -- go to the music store, a cafe, or a clothing store and listen to what's thumping from the ceiling speakers.
No shopping for me -- I got a dentist appointment to end out this lovely week.
i just randomly listen to music on various places... such as Pandora, iTunes and others. Its amazing what great music is out there...when you aren't really looking for anything in particular. I have found amazing music from Europe, the middle east, japan and even South Africa and Turkey!... great music!
and this is from someone who grew up in L.A listening to rap and hip-hop!