Comments on: The limits of recommendation technology http://breasy.com/blog/2007/04/23/the-limits-of-personalization-technology/ Musings on design and technology Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:38:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Jaccuse http://breasy.com/blog/2007/04/23/the-limits-of-personalization-technology/#comment-3214 Jaccuse Thu, 26 Apr 2007 01:33:45 +0000 http://breasy.com/blog/?p=52#comment-3214 Very interesting. Personally, I imagine recommendation technology as a kind of idiosyncratic friend or partner; sometimes he knows me, sometimes it's incredible how ignorant he is of what my true tastes are. I'm actually thoroughly amused when Amazon recommends something that I have no desire to own; I shrug my shoulders and say "Oh, Amazon...really? The Other Sister? That's just silly!" So we musn't forget about people who are quite forgiving of recommendation technology, and for those of us who see "missed" recommendations as opportunities to open ourselves up to new areas of interest and inquiry. -Serge Very interesting. Personally, I imagine recommendation technology as a kind of idiosyncratic friend or partner; sometimes he knows me, sometimes it’s incredible how ignorant he is of what my true tastes are. I’m actually thoroughly amused when Amazon recommends something that I have no desire to own; I shrug my shoulders and say “Oh, Amazon…really? The Other Sister? That’s just silly!” So we musn’t forget about people who are quite forgiving of recommendation technology, and for those of us who see “missed” recommendations as opportunities to open ourselves up to new areas of interest and inquiry.

-Serge

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