I'm sending this on behalf of Matt Pugh (sephiap) who's having some problems posting to the list, his message is below:
On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 15:57 +0100, sephiap wrote > Dear Libre.fm Users, > > This year I was fortunate enough to have my GSoC proposal accepted > under gnu for the gnu-fm project (you may read the entire proposal at > http://www.seczero.net/gsoc.txt). This message serves to inform as to > the background of the project, current status & immediate targets and > to open a forum regarding the proposed functionality and how it may be > taylored in implementation to best serve the community. > > The proposal encompasses a few different targets, their purposes are > defined below: > > - Expand the breadth of statistical data accessible through the site. > That is, to provide a mechanism to create dynamic queries which allow > the construction of data which bears more significance to the user > than the static information currently provided. > > - Overhaul listener statistics page to provide more meaningful data > and to redesign the way this information is delivered. The use of > jqPlot will be used to provide this functionality, delivering the data > requested by the user in the dynamic query generation. > > - Overhaul the artist statistics page to, again, provide more > meaningful data, exposing the new functionality in dynamic query > generation to accomplish the displaying of track vs track comparason, > for example. > > - Implement a track statistics page through the aforementioned > functionality to compare the relative popularity, over an arbritrary > period of time, against any other track. This feature will be > particularly useful for artists themselves to, for example, compare > the popularity of songs between an album released based on usage > patterns. > > - Extend external API to allow third party services & applications to > utilise the new statistical functionality. Where applicable, the new > functions will conform to the naming and logical precedent set by the > last.fm API. > > - Time permitting, utilise the extended API calls to create a > demonstrative active widget for websites and / or WordPress > installations which connect to a user's information dynamically > creating content. > > Current Status > > The project has only just begun, this week I have been implementing > jqPlot within the scope of the current statistics page (not > introducing any further statistical functionality) in order to gain > community feedback on the aesthetic and direction of the project. The > new internal API methods are beginning to be designed to facilitate > dynamic query generation as is the visual design of the listener, > artist and track statistics page. > > jqPlot functionality is being encapsulated within a graph object which > is then extended into child graph type objects which control their own > data and visualisation options. Screenshots of current progress will > be made available to the libre.fm group on identi.ca soon, pending > working local data set (current issue being investigated) > > Next Target > > This week's target include the completion of the jqPlot implementation > on the current statistics page and merging this into the master > branch. Once this has been completed, the further development of the > refined internal API structure to achieve the required functions will > continue in earnest. > > Getting The Community's Opinion > > I will be providing regular updates to the libre.fm identi.ca group as > well as this weekly email (due to be sent each Friday). The primary > point of feedback at present is what information does the community > want represented? Which comparisons and utilities would be > particularly interesting, whether acadamically or simply out of > interest? The current scope of the dynamic query generation includes > notions such as; > > "Which tracks do I listen to most on Fridays?" > "How does my listening habit compare to <user> over <time>?" > > Much of the anticipated functionality is being derived from last.fm > and its associated tools and services which offer similar utility, but > this is an opportunity for the community to help shape the focus of > the implementation from the offset. > > Getting In Contact > > I am eager to get as much constructive feedback as possible, if you > have any ideas / contributions / disagreements you may contact me > using the following methods: > > IRC: sephiap on Freenode > identi.ca: sephiap > email: [email protected] > > I look forward to hearing from you all over the next couple of months > and will continue to keep you updated. > > Matt Pugh (sephiap) > > >
