Sunday, February 6, 2011

Small Object, Large Subject


            Music is something everyone can enjoy. It has been around for thousands of years and everybody can find a tune that they can listen to. When someone wanted to listen to music, they used to have to hear it live, there was no other way to listen to it. But then the record player was invented and then someone could listen to music whenever they want. We’ve come along way since then, from cassete players to walkmans to CDs, people have come up with creative ways to listen to their favorite musicians. Than the ipod came out and it completely revolutionized the way music was handled. You no longer needed CDs or cassettes and you didn’t have to worry about damaging or losing or damaging them because thousands of songs can be stored on this one little device.
            The ipod changed the way one can experience music. The quality of sound of music was crisp and clear on digital audio files that it couldn’t compare with cassettes or scratched CDs. And the ipod is not anywhere near as bulky or heavy as a CD player and can fit into anyones pocket with ease. The scroll wheel made it so that you didn’t have to go through each individual song to get to the one you want. Your music was automatically sorted by band, song name, genre etc. and made finding the exact song you wanted very easily.
            But as with most technology, new ideas are thought of and newer models are created. The first ipod that came out had a black and white screen and could only play music and the biggest could carry about a thousand songs. Today, ipods are so much more and there are very few things newer models cannot do. Not only can these things hold thousands of songs, they can now use wireless internet, hold games or “apps”, take pctures, record videos and you can even watch your favorite tv shows and movies on them.
            The people who made the ipod were geniuses. They knew that intoday’s world that people are constantly trying to get things done. They realized they had a great idea when they allowed people to store their songs on one small convenient device but decided that there was a way to make it better. They created something that could allow someone to do nearly anything which made it appeal to all types of consumers, whether they used it for business or pleasure which is what makes this a truly remarkable product.   

1 comment:

  1. You write:

    "It has been around for thousands of years and everybody can find a tune that they can listen to."

    This kind of writing signals that you feel responsible for accounting for EVERYTHING -- for ALL MUSIC --- for ALL TIME --- Relieve yourself of this pressure. You cannot accomplish this in a blog post -- or at least -- you shouldn't want to do so. Write more exactly about what you want to write. Focus in particular on the small view -- on the small object itself.

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