“I got the beat, I got the beat, I got the beat, beat, beat.” That’s what people would sing as they walked down the road with their radios on their shoulders. Only taking 8-12 “D” sized batteries, the old Boom Boxes are now considered large, even for a home stereo.
We have evolved from those days, into the Walkman, the discman, portable cassette players and now the .mp3 players.
Earphones and headphones can be found all over the place now. And the nearly 12 pound boom box of yesterday now fits in your pocket. With music itself having evolved to digital, four-channel sound stored on optical discs, digital memory became the source of music, and that digital memory has gotten smaller and smaller.
As the discman was pushed to the side, the iPod came into play, and now you can find an iPod the size of your palm that delivers video content and hooks up to the internet as well as and iPod that fits in the little change pocket of your jeans and delivers the same high-quality sound as it’s much bigger, boom box cousin.
Even better than the older boxes, we can fill our tiny digital music players off of the internet for a few cents a song. Yes, times have changed, and our portable music has grown with the times, never failing to disappoint.
Is this supposed to be a blog, or are you just posting mini research papers here? I thought you asked for comments (maybe not anymore?) so here goes.
ReplyDeleteLong story short - this isn't interesting reading. It's basic knowledge, not providing enough depth to capture the interest of someone who might be inclined to read about the history of technology. If you've chosen to blog about technology, you can blog about personal experiences with electronics, write reviews on tech products, recommend tech websites, give your readers a go-to source for down-to-earth tech information. Just a thought.
Well... you have quite the tough audience here, it seems!
ReplyDeleteI appreciate Christina's critique and she's pinpointed my confusion with this class. A good blog post and a good assignment don't seem to be the same thing, so I'm enjoying the challenging of writing something which satisfies both purposes.
What do you think about what Christina has said?
Well Tony IS a former TI! He knows ALL about "tough love". :P
ReplyDeleteChristina posted what she had on her mind- She's got the idea- I invited others to the blog I had on this site previously and as this one shifted to more about school work, I didn't go back and explain. Now I have more content on the site about ME, PITA-BOT and TIger Cubs, so she'll see the improvements and content she's soliciting!
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Woohoo! :)
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