-
Notifications
You must be signed in to change notification settings - Fork 0
Commit
This commit does not belong to any branch on this repository, and may belong to a fork outside of the repository.
- Loading branch information
1 parent
37b4b0b
commit e4fd06f
Showing
1 changed file
with
23 additions
and
0 deletions.
There are no files selected for viewing
This file contains bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters.
Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters
Original file line number | Diff line number | Diff line change |
---|---|---|
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ | ||
+++ | ||
title = "My iPod nano" | ||
date = 2024-07-01T10:30:30+05:30 | ||
draft = false | ||
description = "Remembering the good old days of using the iPod" | ||
+++ | ||
A while back I wrote a post on the apps that I use to stream music. However, before I had my own my smartphone and before streaming services became popular, I used an Ipod nano to listen to music. If you don't remember it, an iPod nano is similar to an iPod shuffle but with an LCD screen. (I don't have my iPod with me anymore but [here](https://support.apple.com/en-us/docs/ipod/133018) is a photo of it I found.) | ||
|
||
I graciously received my friend's iPod Nano after asking if I could have it, as he was already using his phone for listening to music. | ||
|
||
I loved my iPod and I used it all the time to listen to songs. If I remember correctly, my iPod had 8GB of storage and that was plenty of space to store more than a thousand songs. Since it was so small, I could carry it in my pocket anywhere. | ||
|
||
One of the great benefits of using an iPod was that I had complete control over my library. I decided what songs should be in my library not some algorithm. Since all the songs were stored locally, I could listen to my favoruite songs offline too. | ||
|
||
You needed to connect to a computer to download music to your iPod. Even though it may seem inconvenient, the process of loading music into the iPod was kind of fun. I usually would spend time adding metadata and album art to each track that I downloaded. | ||
|
||
These days, using a streaming service like Spotify gets you access to millions of songs within seconds. I have discovered a lot of good songs thanks to the algorithm. But you don't have full control or ownership of songs. Sometimes, the songs in your library may even vanish all of a sudden due to licensing agreements or the artist's decision. Plus, these streaming services are privacy nightmare and collect a lot of data about you. | ||
|
||
Even though the era of the mp3 players can be considered as dead, there are still a large number of people who prefer storing music locally on their device or hosting music on a server and this is analogous to using your own iPod. | ||
|
||
I highly recommend you to check out Jeff Geerling's video - [Forget spaceships, I just want my music](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CDKvdlD6uQ) | ||
|
||
This is day 31 of [#100DaystoOffload](https://100daystooffload.com) |