Comments on: Severe iPod Envy

By: Dave Thomer

Dave Thomer — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 03:45:55 +0000

Well, you of the gajillion CDs might be better served with the standard iPod at 30 or 60 GB. But a 4GB iPod Nano would fit my entire digital music collection on it, so I would never need to swap anything. I could just make as many playlists as I had moods.

I do have a hunch, though, that if you started playing aroun with an iPod and iTunes, you’d find yourself drowning in podcasts quickly enough.

By: Earl Green

Earl Green — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 09:18:56 +0000

Gotta love the iPod Nano. Not only does it hold some slammin’ tunes, but it’s a great source of potassium.

I’ve taken a great deal of grief from co-workers and others for my now-ancient (2002?) NetMD player. Basically, this marvel from Sony compressed a lot of music - about 4 hours worth - onto a standard minidisc; the transfer takes about as long between my PC’s MP3 directory and the NetMD player/recorder as I imagine an iPod takes. The great advantage to this scheme, over an iPod, is that you can have minidiscs designated for what kind of mood you’re in. You don’t have to wipe the machine and reload it, just swap discs. Oh, and it doesn’t have those telltale white earphones that say “Please, mug me” to any and all.

With all that in mind, I’ve thus far avoided any iPod temptation. I guess the iPod Nano doesn’t have that much appeal.

By: Dave Thomer

Dave Thomer — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 00:48:11 +0000

I’ll pop on over this weekend - thanks for the invite. (I think I tried to comment on the Liberalism and Social Action mini-review, but I don’t know if it got through.)

By: nimblejack

nimblejack — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 07:44:19 +0000

Chris and I are having a little conversation about Dewey’s The Public and its Problems over at Camshafts. I’m reading through the book right night, and whenever I finish a chapter I plan to put up a few notes. We’d love to have you drop by with an expert opinion or two!