A Fool's Wisdom » Video Rental http://foolswisdom.com A fool and his blog are soon parted. Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:39:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 5-star Netflix? http://foolswisdom.com/5-star-netflix/ http://foolswisdom.com/5-star-netflix/#comments Thu, 16 Nov 2006 17:12:59 +0000 Lloyd http://foolswisdom.com/5-star-netflix/ Continue reading →]]> NetFlix claims to have invented the 5-star rating?

photomatt’s link to The Freedom of Fast Iterations: How Netflix Designs a Winning Web Site makes me miss my NetFlix. They provide an incredible service, founded in their fantastic website, unlike the Canadian version.

I did get grin and frown when I read in NetFlix Director of User Interface Engineering Sean Kane bio for an upcoming conference:

Netflix invented the now ubiquitous 5-Star Rating widget that is used across the web today.

Come on, celebrate your accomplishments, but don’t be grandiose.

I have a passion for rating and recommendation systems. My passion is not founded in Mathematical ability…  more on that some other time.

I had not previously heard of the NetFlix Prize of $1 million for improving Netflix’s recommendation system by 10% percent, or seen Hacking Netflix.com (and NetFlix’s competitors).

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