iPod Cleanup Day
May I submit for your perusal, a proposal to institute a new internationall observed holiday?Today I cleaned up the contents of my iPod, an activity that should have been completed a long time ago. My MP3 collection stretches back at least 7 years, and this is my second ipod. I almost never used the shuffle feature of the iPod anymore because of the annoying need to skip through three tracks everytime one song that I enjoy listening to ended.
I primarily use my iPod as background noise while I'm working, but needing to skip repeat songs and songs you hate (why did I have 4 copies of the Jeopardy theme song?!?!) can really break a persons flow. When I find music, I usually use the artists menu, but this doesn't work when everyon mispells artist names all the time. This is a common problem with songs you get from P2P networks, especially with the songs I got from older ones like Kazaa and Napster. Remember kids, buying music ensures higher bitrates and accurate ID3 tags!
So I spent a little time viewing all the songs that just had filenames with no artist info in iTunes and applying the right artist info, or deleting songs I have always hated. Also, going through the entire library sorted by artist alphabetically shows where artist were named inconsistently. Red Hot Chili Peppers was spelled 8 different ways, and I think Guns 'n Roses came close to that as well. It's much easier to find music now on my iPod.
So, please tell your friends, the second Friday in October every year is International iPod Cleanup Day.
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Posted by on 10/12 at 04:10 PM