My iTunes rating campaign
I am one week into a new iTunes rating campaign. The idea is that I want every song in my library to have a rating which will add another dimension to my smart play lists. The last time I did this was about 3 gb of purchases ago, so I have a long road ahead. The only way this can be successful is if I work the process of rating into my daily routine. This is both because there is no way I am going to convince myself to just sit down and spend hours rating and I don’t want my ratings to be rushed. Luckily with the iPhone at my side, I can easily integrate this process into my commute. The next step is to commit to a flexible and meaningful definition for the each of the 5 stars provided by iTunes. Sometimes I wish there were just 2 options like in the Last-fm interface (love and ban) because it really makes things simple. Most of the time I will use this system:
• 1 Star – Hate
• 2 Star – Palin ( don’t like )
• 3 Star – Meh
• 4 Star – Digg
• 5 Star – Epic
The best part of this is going through some of the lost hits from the past year.