IPOD, Therefore I AmFirst came fire, the wheel, and penicillin...and then, according to Dylan Jones, a compulsive album collector, music journalist, and multi award-winning men's magazine editor, the next great invention to bless the human race was the iPod, Apple's groundbreaking mp3 player. Small, sleek, and sexy, but with the capacity to hold up to ten thousand songs, the iPod has stunned music lovers and gadget enthusiasts around the world. It has delighted indie-rock college kids and elderly jazz fans, classical musical buffs and teenage hip-hop hustlers, almost no technology has so seamlessly crossed the great divide. In iPod, Therefore I Am, Jones tells the story of his own entrée into this exponentially growing cult, taking the reader on a hilariously candid journey through his lifelong addiction to all genres of music, however unfashionable. Along the way, he gives a tantalizing behind-the-scenes look at the genesis of the iPod, from its original conception by Steve Jobs, the man who famously reinvented Apple Computer, to the landmark design of Jonathan Ive, the innovative designer who has become a legend in his own time. Behind it all, we get an insight into the way that the iPod has radically transformed the way we approach music, listen to music, and possess music-turning all of us into curators. Appendices containing Jones's top playlists and his expert tips on getting the most out of your iPod make this love song to the iPod as practical as it is entertaining. |
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User Review - sanddancer - LibraryThingJones charts his recent obsession with the iPod and his life-long obsession with music. He moves through his interest in music in a pretty much chronlogical order, adding in chapters about Apple. I ... Read full review
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User Review - woosang - LibraryThingThe author's trip down memory Lane with his music as he loads his ipod. Goes into the history of vinyl and Apple corp Read full review
Contents
| 1 | |
The Single Seven Inches of Aural | 27 |
A Glamour Profession | 39 |
Build It and They Will Come | 50 |
iBondage Up Yours Its Time for Punk | 70 |
Steve Jobs Approximately | 85 |
Yowsah Yowsah Yowsah Disco Soul Sex | 95 |
Digital Dreams Its a | 112 |
The Virtual Megastore Apple Launches iTunes | 125 |
iPod a Spell on | 137 |
Ask What Your iPod Can Do for | 176 |
Journey to the Center of the iPod | 188 |
Appendix | 201 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | IPOD, Therefore I Am |
| Author | Dylan Jones |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2008 |
| ISBN | 1596918187, 9781596918184 |
| Length | 224 pages |
| Subjects | › Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology Music / General Social Science / Popular Culture |
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