{"id":812,"date":"2011-10-23T10:41:16","date_gmt":"2011-10-23T15:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/?p=812"},"modified":"2011-10-23T13:01:54","modified_gmt":"2011-10-23T18:01:54","slug":"ipod-turns-10-3-ways-to-celebrate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/archives\/812\/ipod-turns-10-3-ways-to-celebrate","title":{"rendered":"iPod Turns 10, Benj Writes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"2001<\/a><\/p>\n

Ten years ago today, Steve Jobs introduced the first iPod<\/a> to the world. Many people didn’t know what to think<\/a>. It would take a little time for idea of the iPod to sink in, so to speak, but once it did, it did so in a very big way.<\/p>\n

I first encountered the iPod shortly after its 2001 launch at a local Circuit City. Its simple white scroll wheel stared at me from across the room like a giant eye that had just opened for the first time. Yep, it got my attention. A ring-shaped kiosk in the middle of the room held iPods projected upwards, each player perched on a security rod, restricted, but available for public tinkering.<\/p>\n

I walked up to it and touched it, ran my fingers across the front and spun the wheel. It was almost insultingly intuitive to a gadget freak like myself. It worked, and it was obvious that everyone would know how to use it almost immediately after picking it up.<\/p>\n

Before playing with the iPod, I was skeptical of the device — like just about everyone else. But after touching it, I knew that the future of music consumption wore an Apple logo. By God, I wanted one. Bad.<\/p>\n

Three Articles about iPod<\/h3>\n

So here we are, ten years later. The iPod unquestionably shook up the world. How should we mark the anniversary? Well, to start, I have written three pieces about the iPod for this exact occasion. I’ll go through them below.<\/p>\n

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  1. The Birth of the iPod<\/strong><\/a> – In this piece over at Macworld, I take a look at the origins of the first iPod — how it was created, by whom, and why. I owe great thanks to Tony Fadell for sharing his time to talk about the iPod’s creation, and to Steven Levy<\/a> and Leander Kaheney<\/a>, whose previous works on the iPod also provided invaluable sources for my article.\n

    Despite those sources, this is not some iPod creation rehash. In fact, it puts together a number of disparate information sources for the first time. And thanks to my interview with Fadell, you’ll definitely learn some new tidbits about the birth of the iPod.<\/li>\n

  2. iPod Oddities<\/strong><\/a> – In which I continue my long-running Technologizer-hosted Oddities series by examining weird accessories, art, and history related to the iPod. Fun stuff, as always. Don’t miss the iPod ballistics calculator.<\/li>\n
  3. The iPod as an Iconic Cultural Force<\/strong><\/a> – Also at Macworld, this piece openly muses about how the iPod changed our culture, the music industry, and the world around us.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I wish I could say that I wrote more (ha), but you’ll have to be satisfied with that — oh, and all the other iPod tributes you’ll find on the web in the next few days.<\/p>\n

    Happy birthday, iPod.<\/p>\n

    —<\/p>\n

    Discussion Topic of the Anniversary:<\/strong> What did you think about the iPod when you first heard about it? Did your opinion change after you actually used it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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