P2P development seems oddly quiet anymore. I guess there are too many free sources of music and TV, and too few headlines regarding RIAA and other lawsuits. That and the existing tools are just too good. Not enough incentive to actually go out and build the next big then when the last big thing is already more than good enough.
I think the next big thing will be a total drop-in replacement for Pandora that's totally pirate. My girlfriend is a big Pandora listener, and its music selection algorithm seems really bad. I can't help but wonder if it's constrained by licenses in such a fashion that prevent it from doing a good job. (Eg, the "Paul Simon" station playing mostly "Bob Marley" -- is it because they get a particularly good deal on Bob Marley, or does their algorithm really think that's what I want to hear?) Raw content distribution is a pretty solved problem. But doing it in a totally seamless fashion that also includes good recommendation engine and collaborative filtering -- a true "just download and hit play" experience -- that could be big. -david Michael J. Freedman wrote: > Hi p2p-hackers, > > As I mentioned a few months back on this mailing list, IPTPS will be > having an expanded demo session this year. The goal really is to > demonstrate a working, interesting system, akin to some of the talks > that we've seen at CodeCon in the past. This year's IPTPS workshop is > located in San Jose, and I know there are lots of people on this mailing > list in the Bay area. > > To submit a demo proposal, please see the instructions here: > > http://www.usenix.org/event/iptps10/cfp/#demo > > It's only a paragraph or two, although note that submissions are due on > Monday, March 15. > > Now, I know that for many people on this mailing list, hacking p2p > systems is not your "day" job, and not everybody is lucky enough to have > grants that pay for conference registration. So, USENIX kindly agreed > to waive registration fees for some presenters who only attend the demo > session and who otherwise couldn't afford the registration fee. > > Our goal is to get a nice mix of industry, academia, and hackers (not > necessarily distinct groups, of course). Hope to see some of you there! > > Regards, > --mike > > > P.S. I hope this passes your moderation criteria, Zooko! > > > _______________________________________________ > p2p-hackers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.zooko.com/mailman/listinfo/p2p-hackers _______________________________________________ p2p-hackers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.zooko.com/mailman/listinfo/p2p-hackers
