Hi,
Then Orange Organizer will be the thing for you.
Thanks,
Alex,
On 16-Jan-09, at 1:40 PM, Cara Quinn wrote:
Erik, I know this wasn't directed to me, and that you're being a
bit sarcastic here, <smile> but to be completely honest, I'd
actually really love a system by which TextEdit or any of the Word
processing software could organize / cross reference all of my
documents on my system. No joke! This would make my life a hell of
a lot easier! lol! -This is a major reason I'd love to see more /
better access to IPhoto as well!…
You may not know, but in addition to being a model / musician, I'm
also a published author, and an editor. So tend to have a whole lot
of documents on my system at any given time. I'm of course, in the
habit of using very descriptive file names however, a filing system
like the one you so glibly mention, <smile> would be totally
awesome for me!…
In IDE's for coding, they automatically manage entire projects in
much the same way Itunes does, in the sense that they set up
somewhat arbitrary folder structures for the user, and all of the
necessary files / libraries are imported / managed by the software
automagically, so the coder themselves, can get more actual coding
done, rather than messing about with the low-level stuff. This is
not a new paradigm, and is just part of the 'evolution' of computing.
As far as ITunes goes, I also have as large an ITunes library as
you do, and have at least that much again in 'real- space that I
haven't even imported. -One of these days, when I get a chance! lol!
I also have hundreds of podcast episodes that ITunes keeps straight
for me which I can access in literally, seconds. I don't have time
or desire to go mucking about with remembering which material is in
which folder and such. That sort of thing is simply a blatant waste
of my time. For me, if ITunes, can organize it so I can find it /
work with it easily, then I like it! <smile> The computer does the
work so I don't have to! lol!
For ripping, I simply insert the disc, and either click 'yes' to
import it or listen a bit and click the import button in the ITunes
window. -Super quick / easy. Yes, if ITunes can't find the name of
the disc, then I need to name it myself, but that too, is super easy.
I simply go to my recently added playlist, select all the tracks I
just imported, and change all of their info in one fell swoop!
<smile> -done!… ITunes then creates the appropriate folder or
simply moves the files to the appropriate existing folder. -Very
simple!…
If I want to then burn a few tracks to a disc, I simply select them
from the library, either by entire album, or just a few random
tracks, bring up a context menu, and click add to playlist. I've
already set up a playlist just for this, so then all I need to do is
click burn, and it's started. How does it honestly get any simpler
than this on any platform at all?… This is as simple as anything
else I've seen…
Furthermore, if I want to convert audio formats, I simply change my
encoder setting, select the file(s) and click the convert option in
the menu. -Once again, done!…
I don't need to go searching around my hd for any folders or
filenames or such. In less than a minute, I've got what I want
done, done. <smile> -No fuss, no fanfare, no wasting time! <smile>
No offense to anyone, but I'm not an uber-geek; I don't want to f#
$k around with a computer. It's there to help me get things done
and enjoy that process a bit more! <smile>
Now, this note isn't in any way, shape or form, meant to counter
the VLC is better, idea. That's not why I wrote this. <smile>
This is obviously just a difference of style / pref, and that's cool!
… I just don't like the tone that one is better, so therefore, the
other must suck! lol! That's just so puerile / adolescent!…
They both have their place, and I do use VLC from time to time for
very specific tasks when I need them. (super obscure file formats
for testing and such) It's just that for 99.9 percent of my audio
needs, ITunes really performs perfectly for me. So there ya go,
that's just me. -Well, and millions of others as well, I guess! lol!
Anyway, thanks Erik, for your very intelligent / thought-provoking
comments! Rock on and have an awesome day / weekend!…
Smiles,
Cara :)
!
On Jan 16, 2009, at 8:51 AM, erik burggraaf wrote:
Hi David, Are you using a filing cabinet software to organize your
word processer documents? That would be really handy for searching
and sorting wouldn't it? You could comment and rate them,
catagorise them by custom headings and cross-reference them. You
could embed links from document to document for even faster
referencing of information, but we could put them in a code that
only the filing software understands. Then we could custom format
a flash drive so you could cary your whole office around and use it
on any computer that has the software. That would be a lot more
robust than organizing them in finder or windows explorer wouldn't
it? We could lock you in, bombard you with features you may or may
not like, and fix it so in order to get to your documents you have
to use our software. You'd like it because it's pretty, and evry
one in the office uses it, so there's no compadibility issue...
most of the time.
I'm not sure why giving all the software on a computer equal access
to files and filing, and using pristeenly designed individual tools
taylored to specific tasks should be intimidating to any one, but
the ITunes system obviously works for you, where-as it doesn't for
me. In fact, I have never actually witnessed it to work beyond the
see the file, play the file point, always assuming you see the file
right away of course. I have three sighted siblings and they all
profess evrything from general approval to out and out love of
ITunes, and yet, they have never been able to demonstrate to me how
easy it is.
I did get ITunes to grab some podcasts for me at one point, and it
syncs my music folder to my IPod when I plug in right enough, but
that is about the extent of it. Some hard core fans really did try
to help me out with this, and they always said very encouraging
things like, "This is really easy", and "All you have to do is",
and then they would hand me a 15 to 25 step guide with 2 or 3
levels of procedure taking me to where I wanted to go.
Apple's definitely doing something right. They hold, what, over
50% of the mp3 player market share. Owning an IPod is a status
symbol. Then there is the ITunes store, which it seems will get a
bit of a face lift this quarter, and since you are locked in to
ITunes if you want to use either of those, it's not surprizing tha
ITunes gets more than it's share of use. There are a lot of
manufacturers besides apple, though. I couldn't tell you who the
leaders are, but with 50% going to apple, any one you pull out of
the pack is going to be pretty far behind the 8-ball, but that
doesn't mean the rest of the other 50% doesn't exist. I chose IPod
personally because I like the hardware, and I know I can make it do
what I need. It wasn't my only choice though, and may not even
have been my best one in some ways. Fortunately in our system, we
do have choice.
erik burggraaf
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On 16-Jan-09, at 7:07 AM, David Poehlman wrote:
Eric, you are looking at this the rong way round. ITunes is the
ipitomy of ease of use for the average and even highly technical
user in many ways and your approach is something I cannot fathom.
I did nt get into serious audio till I got ITunes for that
reason. I can burn a cd in ITunes simply by selecting the audio I
want on it and click burn or click burn select the audio and click
burn again or something like that. I can rip a cd in much the
same way but if I want the whole cd, I can just say import and it
will import it and stack it nicely into my library. I can make an
ITunes play list if there is too much on my hd to fit on my nano.
I can use a creative zen if I want to but then I don't want to
because the nano 4g is so accessible. I use a card for my victor
reader stream. I copy the stuff I want on the card which by the
way is strangely set up according to the stream requirements. I
have to say though that the ITunes/IPod interface is the one I use
most often because it does so much for me and is so easy to use.
Capitalism only works if you have customers and they must be doing
something right because they have customers who *choose* apple
over everything else even though players have been around for a
long time before ITunes ever came out. Microsoft keeps failing in
this department and creative is loosing ground and is pretty far
behind apple so we must assume unless the consumer is really
stupid tha with all the choices out there, they are choosing what
they want.
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