Tweak Spotify's recommendation tech to create custom playlists
If you're looking for a way to fine-tune your Spotify experience, you might want to check out Nelson , a web-based playback jukebox of sorts on app-maker website Glitch . You choose as many genres as you like before tweaking some of the Spotify API's various parameters , and Nelson will compile a custom set of songs. You can even have it create a playlist right on Spotify for you. Originally tweeted out by Arielle Vaniderstine , a "developer advocate engineer" at Spotify, Nelson is very much a version one release on Glitch. It's an internal project that feels more like a toy than an exact tool or proper feature. Still, it's a blast to goof around with, and the playlists it creates appear right in your Spotify app, if you choose to do so. I clicked "Ambient," "Disco," "Electronic" and "Happy" and got a playlist that started with Wild Cherry's "Play That Funky Music." It's a happy disco song, for su...