Tuesday, April 22, 2008
#6 Pandora and Streaming Music
I'm not a big fan of streaming media, whoever the provider. I managed to set up a Mog account (after 30-45 minutes of trying) and, at the end of the experience, I'm kind of scratching my head and wondering exactly why this is considered to be an improvement over just playing a CD??? I can understand the appeal of the ipod/mp3 player (though I don't own one or plan to ever use one), and I can understand the appeal of having an old-school stereo (which I do have at home and use every day), but I don't really see the appeal to this kind of thing. This is, to me, a perfect example of how an online gizmo-thing isn't always an improvement over whatever it is its supposed to replace. Bottom line for me is it's still easier to just bring my CDs with me. Oh well.
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I agree! The only thing on my mp3 player are all my CDs, just because it makes them more portable and more organized (I actually know what I have now, haha!). I have a streaming station on Yahoo's Launchcast, and that's actually been a no-hassle and fairly good mix of tunes based on my preferences, and have used it at work from time to time.
Is this ironic? :
I took my iPod to the Apple store to see if I could get a way to play it in my car. The sales kid said I was lucky to have an old car with a tape deck, since that was the best way to hook up the iPod to the stereo. It's still basically an analog world.
Thank you for the iPod baby!
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