A significant step forward in iPod usage…
Late as ever to catch on, two things have significantly upped my use of the iPod (which, I have to say, was has primarily been used to date as a holiday jukebox).
- Audiobooks on iTMS. I never have time to read. At the same time, I often don’t want to listen to music all the time. Hence the fact that I really wish I could get Radio 4 on my iPod. Solution: buy audiobooks on the iTMS: the perfect accompaniment to travelling into work (or a sleepless night, for that matter). Useless for fiction (as you drift off and miss crucial plot points), good for factual stuff. Currently listening to The Wisdom of Crowds.
- Smart playlists. I could never really be bothered with all that hand-crafting of playlists. But, keeping a live (ie it gets updated automatically according to the rules you set) list of everything that’s been ripped within the last 30 days; or of all non-classical, non-speech music; or of all the stuff I’ve never actually listened to; or of music from my teens…suddenly it all makes sense.