Archive for March, 2009

Windows 7 Tray Progress Bar

Windows 7 now visualizes progress right in the system tray even when the window is minimized. I like it!

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New ratings to improve Netflix

After logging in to Netflix today, i experienced a recently added feature to improve movie recommendations. These ratings are asking users to make statements about their taste for movies based on mood characteristics such as: “romantic, goofy, sentimental, dark, controversial, steamy, mind-bending, violent…”

These taste preference can be categorized into “never, sometimes and often” and are supported by six example movies to understand what netflix considers to be classified under the mood. These can be changed later on.

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Back from Spring Break

I just returned from Spring Break, so i will start posting again…