Having participated in the netflix recommendation contest I can say that the core engine is very good, but the presentation could be so much better. Some insta

Having participated in the netflix recommendation contest I can say that the core engine is very good, but the presentation could be so much better. Some instant ways to make things better: - Let me know when a movie on my que is available for streaming - Let me know when a movie is about to be taken off the streaming list. - Let other profiles see if movies are available for streaming (even if they can't do it on their account) - Do some UI testing on the wii/ipad/etc apps and make them better. - Sort "new movies" and all of the other lists shown on my tv by what it thinks I will rate them so I see the better movies first - Let me connect with friends so I can see what they just watched. I will be socially more ok with watching a "ok" movie if I get to chat about it with someone else the next day. Some bigger ideas to try: - When streaming a new TV show add one episode every Friday at 8 (or other time). I will be more interested in watching if there is just a little bit of content to keep up with. - Provide a "live" channel that continuously just plays through content such as TV shows, kids shows and movies etc. When I "watch" that channel it just ff'ds to where it would be at that point in the movie.