The iPod is certainly a remarkable gadget. It's hard to adjust to having all of my music on a gadget the size of a (largeish) cigarette packet. Alison is rather scornful of my scant hundred or so CDs, of course, and seems to think that any real music lover would be unable to get their collection onto even a 20GB model. And she's probably right. But wait for next year's model.
There are things to adjust to. It is probably inadvisable to sing along or sway rhythmically to the music unless one wants to look like a complete dork. I'm not entirely sure how safe it is to cross roads with one's sense of hearing greatly degraded. On the other hand, there are some unexpected fringe benefits. The chuggers who lurk permanently around the Ritz and Piccadilly Circus appear to be put off by the prospect of having to try to communicate with someone who can't really hear them.
The integration with iTunes goes further than I was expecting. When you plug the iPod back into the Mac, it updates your most recently played list with what you've been listening to on the iPod, and increments the play count. It's exactly as if you'd been carrying the computer around and listening to the music on it.
Now all I need is some more music...
Posted by Mike Scott at January 22, 2003 08:14 PM | TrackBack