IPod

March 2, 2003

So I’ve been walking around with one of these for the past couple of weeks.

I’m not sure it’s the life changing experience that Apple would claim, but it is really, really cool. It’s incredibly well designed in terms of its aesthetics and interface. In fact, it’s easier to get to the songs I want on my IPod than through any of the PC mp3 players I use (Musicmatch, Winamp, etc). Having 20gb of music instantly at your disposal is a bit frightening at first, but soon you get so used to it that you feel lost when you have it put away.

One thing that was difficult to get used to was walking around with headphones, which was something I never did (I never had a discman, MD, walkman, etc). I have to remind myself to keep the volume levels low enough so that I don’t lose awareness of my surroundings. The last thing I need is to get run over because I’m too busy bobbing my head to Ted Leo or something.

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