Comments on: Really Re-Rating

By: Geof F. Morris's Indiana Jones School of Management

Geof F. Morris's Indiana Jones School of Management — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 00:26:49 +0000

Christopher Allen on 5-Star Rating Systems…

Christopher Allen shot me an email the other day pointing to his work on practical applications of 5-star rating systems. I found it to be an interesting read, which you might expect given my previous commentary on the subject. Highlights:
Thus even …

By: Geof F. Morris

Geof F. Morris — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 15:07:05 +0000

Actually, I haven’t. I find that the two-star cutoff that I have there [from Dougal's suggestion] really gives me all the stuff I’d ever want; most of the two-stars from the old regime are still at that level, really, so it’s not an appreciable difference.

[I am attempting not to lust after your MB. I am failing.]

By: Brad

Brad — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 00:00:38 +0000

Have you had to modify your playlists that feed Radio Airtime? I ask only because I’ve got a new laptop (MacBook for the win!) and am re-ripping CDs instead of moving music over from my old one, which means I lose all my ratings. I’m switching to your rating system as described above, and I use the Radio Airtime playlists you have on one of your other websites, but I was just wondering if you’ve rejigged those at all…

By: Geof F. Morris

Geof F. Morris — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 03:05:13 +0000

You’re right: I use that, but I didn’t mention it. My storage solutions are such that, like you, I don’t delete stuff.

By: Dougal Campbell

Dougal Campbell — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 01:42:01 +0000

Don’t forget, there’s actually one other level of resolution:

There’s a checkbox for each track, and a selection in the smart playlists for “Match only checked songs”.

So I use one star for “I probably don’t want to hear this, but play it once in a blue moon, just for kicks.” But once I uncheck a song, it means that I really don’t want to hear it. It’s probably deletion fodder, but I’m probably keeping it around just because it’s part of a CD that I want to keep complete, and because I’m just reluctant to delete things, in general.