Comments on: My Tech Choices http://freerangelibrarian.com/2009/10/10/my-tech-choices/ K.G. Schneider's blog on librarianship, writing, and everything else Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:59:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: DavidF http://freerangelibrarian.com/2009/10/10/my-tech-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-520830 DavidF Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:16:59 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/?p=2330#comment-520830 With regards to "music" on the iPhone OS (I have an iPod Touch) there's a big win and a big loss for me, over my previous Nanos. The win is that it finally has a double-speed button for podcasts - you can get through so much more this way. The loss is that smart playlists are broken. In many cases (such as if you have a playlist that depends on another playlist) it will only update them when you sync. Quite annoying when you have a "no repeat" type playlist (e.g. last played not in the last two weeks). Oh, and in combination, it doesn't retain sort orderings. I have two unlistened podcast playlists - one ordered by date and one by length - but they both get the same (apparently random) ordering. Unless I "fix" them by depending on another playlist, in which case the listened ones don't get removed. *sigh* What Apple does good it does really really good. What it does bad... With regards to “music” on the iPhone OS (I have an iPod Touch) there’s a big win and a big loss for me, over my previous Nanos.

The win is that it finally has a double-speed button for podcasts – you can get through so much more this way.

The loss is that smart playlists are broken. In many cases (such as if you have a playlist that depends on another playlist) it will only update them when you sync. Quite annoying when you have a “no repeat” type playlist (e.g. last played not in the last two weeks).

Oh, and in combination, it doesn’t retain sort orderings. I have two unlistened podcast playlists – one ordered by date and one by length – but they both get the same (apparently random) ordering. Unless I “fix” them by depending on another playlist, in which case the listened ones don’t get removed. *sigh*

What Apple does good it does really really good. What it does bad…

]]> By: Free Range Librarian › California it is! http://freerangelibrarian.com/2009/10/10/my-tech-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-520231 Free Range Librarian › California it is! Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:19:17 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/?p=2330#comment-520231 [...] I’m happy with the iPhone, and with AT&T service, but the keyboard is inefficient. Doug’s analogy was clever, but I think off a bit: it’s not like making music without a bow, it’s like picking a [...] [...] I’m happy with the iPhone, and with AT&T service, but the keyboard is inefficient. Doug’s analogy was clever, but I think off a bit: it’s not like making music without a bow, it’s like picking a [...]

]]> By: Maia http://freerangelibrarian.com/2009/10/10/my-tech-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-516669 Maia Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:58:42 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/?p=2330#comment-516669 way to go on the iphone, big sis. hit the keyboard buttons a tad to the left of center and you'll be spot on. re apps, we use urbanspoon a lot when we're on the road for dining tips. of course, moron test has helped me get through legislative hearings with my sanity somewhat intact... way to go on the iphone, big sis. hit the keyboard buttons a tad to the left of center and you’ll be spot on. re apps, we use urbanspoon a lot when we’re on the road for dining tips. of course, moron test has helped me get through legislative hearings with my sanity somewhat intact…

]]> By: Doug http://freerangelibrarian.com/2009/10/10/my-tech-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-516603 Doug Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:54:30 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/?p=2330#comment-516603 The world is full of guitarists who can't imagine playing a string instruments without frets, yet the violinists and cellists seem to make do without them :) The more you input, the more the AI will pick up on your Free Range lingo. And since you're moving, you won't have to correct it when you try to spell Publix. The world is full of guitarists who can’t imagine playing a string instruments without frets, yet the violinists and cellists seem to make do without them :) The more you input, the more the AI will pick up on your Free Range lingo. And since you’re moving, you won’t have to correct it when you try to spell Publix.

]]> By: K.G. Schneider http://freerangelibrarian.com/2009/10/10/my-tech-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-516540 K.G. Schneider Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:15:33 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/?p=2330#comment-516540 I got pretty fast on a BlackBerry... I think the iPhone is only healthier because the keyboard is so hard to use. ;-) But it's still a cool device. I got pretty fast on a BlackBerry… I think the iPhone is only healthier because the keyboard is so hard to use. ;-) But it’s still a cool device.

]]> By: Rich Bernier http://freerangelibrarian.com/2009/10/10/my-tech-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-516374 Rich Bernier Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:21:04 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/?p=2330#comment-516374 Thanks for the blurb on liking the iPhone over a Blackberry. I might switch this Spring from a Palm Centro. Let us know if you ever get used to the keyboard and like it. That is what I worry about the most. Thanks for the blurb on liking the iPhone over a Blackberry. I might switch this Spring from a Palm Centro. Let us know if you ever get used to the keyboard and like it. That is what I worry about the most.

]]> By: Doug http://freerangelibrarian.com/2009/10/10/my-tech-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-516124 Doug Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:02:58 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/?p=2330#comment-516124 Congrats on the iPhone purchase. You'll get used to the keyboard, and it won't cripple your thumbs like a BlackBerry. Type with index and middle finger and before you know it you'll be faster on the iPhone than on a cramped netbook keyboard. Congrats on the iPhone purchase. You’ll get used to the keyboard, and it won’t cripple your thumbs like a BlackBerry. Type with index and middle finger and before you know it you’ll be faster on the iPhone than on a cramped netbook keyboard.

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