Comments on: Window Shock http://thenoisychannel.com/2008/10/28/window-shock/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:24:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Daniel Tunkelang http://thenoisychannel.com/2008/10/28/window-shock/comment-page-1/#comment-650 Daniel Tunkelang Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:53:56 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=700#comment-650 "Hold music for your credit card"--you've made my day. Now I have to stop laughing and get back to work on my slides! http://www.csail.mit.edu/events/eventcalendar/calendar.php?show=event&id=2001 “Hold music for your credit card”–you’ve made my day. Now I have to stop laughing and get back to work on my slides!

http://www.csail.mit.edu/events/eventcalendar/calendar.php?show=event&id=2001

]]> By: Whit Andrews http://thenoisychannel.com/2008/10/28/window-shock/comment-page-1/#comment-649 Whit Andrews Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:40:58 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=700#comment-649 OK, I freely admit I'm with you on this, but even more so, Daniel. That's like hold music for your credit card! If I had no idea what I wanted to buy, I WOULD NOT BE SHOPPING. I love many of the Amazon innovations, such as the lists and gift registries, and the categories, and the expansions and the collaborative filtering. But this one, I don't get. OK, I freely admit I’m with you on this, but even more so, Daniel. That’s like hold music for your credit card! If I had no idea what I wanted to buy, I WOULD NOT BE SHOPPING. I love many of the Amazon innovations, such as the lists and gift registries, and the categories, and the expansions and the collaborative filtering. But this one, I don’t get.

]]> By: Daniel Tunkelang http://thenoisychannel.com/2008/10/28/window-shock/comment-page-1/#comment-644 Daniel Tunkelang Wed, 29 Oct 2008 05:23:30 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=700#comment-644 I like Stephen Arnold's take: I have often asserted that search is dead. I did not say that search was not useful. Amazon believes it has cracked the code on information retrieval without asking the user to type in the title of a book or an author’s name. Amazon wants to be a combination of Apple and Google. Amazon may have to keep trying to manage this transition. http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/2008/10/28/amazons-itunes-like-interface/ I like Stephen Arnold’s take:

I have often asserted that search is dead. I did not say that search was not useful. Amazon believes it has cracked the code on information retrieval without asking the user to type in the title of a book or an author’s name. Amazon wants to be a combination of Apple and Google. Amazon may have to keep trying to manage this transition.

http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/2008/10/28/amazons-itunes-like-interface/

]]> By: Daniel Tunkelang http://thenoisychannel.com/2008/10/28/window-shock/comment-page-1/#comment-639 Daniel Tunkelang Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:31:08 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=700#comment-639 Vive la différence! In any case, I suppose I'm not their target audience. I don't even like iTunes Cover Flow. Vive la différence! In any case, I suppose I’m not their target audience. I don’t even like iTunes Cover Flow.

]]> By: Daniel Lemire http://thenoisychannel.com/2008/10/28/window-shock/comment-page-1/#comment-638 Daniel Lemire Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:47:56 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=700#comment-638 I actually like it a lot. Impressive! It probably works well to sell the fat end of the long tail. I say that more diversity is better. As long as we have different ways to navigate the data... I doubt that Amazon means to replace their main page with this toy. I actually like it a lot. Impressive!

It probably works well to sell the fat end of the long tail.

I say that more diversity is better. As long as we have different ways to navigate the data… I doubt that Amazon means to replace their main page with this toy.

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