Comments on: How to keep your Nano fresh http://ryanfeeley.com/2007/02/03/how-to-keep-your-nano-fresh/ Give me something I can use. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:43:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Patrick Hofmann http://ryanfeeley.com/2007/02/03/how-to-keep-your-nano-fresh/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Patrick Hofmann Thu, 22 Feb 2007 22:13:37 +0000 http://ryanfeeley.com/2007/02/03/how-to-keep-your-nano-fresh/#comment-20 <p>Love your response, Ryan. I use Smart Playlists for my lovely new 1 GB iPod Shuffle. Slightly off-topic: it was paralysed by a firmware error only two weeks after I got it, and I couldn't restore it with iTunes (iTunes wouldn't even recognise it).</p> <p>If this ever happens to you (and it seems to happen to more and more iPod users with MacBooks or PowerBooks), erase the contents in DiskUtility first, then iTunes will prompt you to restore it -- no problem.</p> Love your response, Ryan. I use Smart Playlists for my lovely new 1 GB iPod Shuffle. Slightly off-topic: it was paralysed by a firmware error only two weeks after I got it, and I couldn’t restore it with iTunes (iTunes wouldn’t even recognise it).

If this ever happens to you (and it seems to happen to more and more iPod users with MacBooks or PowerBooks), erase the contents in DiskUtility first, then iTunes will prompt you to restore it — no problem.

]]> By: ryan http://ryanfeeley.com/2007/02/03/how-to-keep-your-nano-fresh/comment-page-1/#comment-7 ryan Tue, 06 Feb 2007 04:43:58 +0000 http://ryanfeeley.com/2007/02/03/how-to-keep-your-nano-fresh/#comment-7 <p>Hey, I like to touch technology as much as the next guy. In fact, I often find myself in the middle of conversations looking for excuses to touch technology because I just have to "confirm that on Wikipedia" or "see what the critics said" or "Google that a-hole"... That being said, the mere thought of rating thousands of songs via clickwheel or mouse gives me tennis elbow. Also, who are we to <em>judge</em> art?</p> Hey, I like to touch technology as much as the next guy. In fact, I often find myself in the middle of conversations looking for excuses to touch technology because I just have to “confirm that on Wikipedia” or “see what the critics said” or “Google that a-hole”… That being said, the mere thought of rating thousands of songs via clickwheel or mouse gives me tennis elbow. Also, who are we to judge art?

]]> By: Dan S http://ryanfeeley.com/2007/02/03/how-to-keep-your-nano-fresh/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Dan S Tue, 06 Feb 2007 04:10:48 +0000 http://ryanfeeley.com/2007/02/03/how-to-keep-your-nano-fresh/#comment-6 <p>I do something similar except it goes like this: 2-star: two stars, not played in the last 3 weeks 3-star: three stars, not played in the last 2 weeks 4-star: four stars, not played in the last 1 week 5-star: not played in the last 3 days.</p> <p>Then I pull them all together into a aggregate playlist which includes all the playlists above, plus anything added in the last 30 days. (you could also limit total size here).</p> <p>I find it keeps a good mix of music I like, and weights my favourite songs a little heavier, while still playing music I haven't heard in a while.</p> I do something similar except it goes like this:
2-star: two stars, not played in the last 3 weeks
3-star: three stars, not played in the last 2 weeks
4-star: four stars, not played in the last 1 week
5-star: not played in the last 3 days.

Then I pull them all together into a aggregate playlist which includes all the playlists above, plus anything added in the last 30 days. (you could also limit total size here).

I find it keeps a good mix of music I like, and weights my favourite songs a little heavier, while still playing music I haven’t heard in a while.

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