Prototypes
The Grid
This program displays a grid showing "what's on" on the freeview channel lineup (TV & Radio). The difference is that it also shows how much it expects you to like the show, on a scale from -9 (my idea of hell is being forced to watch 5 minutes of this show) to +9 (I would kill to be able to see 5 minutes of this show). It does this by allowing you to rate shows, and using a vector-search algorithm to see how similar each show is to the totality of shows that you have rated.
If I had more time, I'd optimize the site more, tune the weightings of the vector search, possibly add phrases instead of treating every word of the description sepperately, and perhaps most importatly provide documentation and missing polish.
- 05 Oct 2005 06:20 PM
I like this idea.
Simple. But effective.
I guess further enchancements would be a [+] for bookmark,
a [-] for remove channel (maybe programme?).
Or maybe this and the listings that are read out app could be combined into one uber app ?
I maybe up for helping.
Ian