Showing posts with label iTunes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label iTunes. Show all posts
Monday, February 25, 2013
Not New, Not Improved
So there's this billboard I passed over the course of the last few days taking the Brown Eyed Girl to work.
It's for Shiner Bock, and it says: NOT New, NOT Improved.
And I loved it. If I drank beer, I might have switched. I never understood the philosophy of fixing something that isn't broken or improving something that tastes or works just fine. I get why they do it, but it's still bothersome.
The first thing I remember is the cereal, Special K. I used to eat it many years ago. And then they changed it. And I stopped eating it. Same with Grape Nuts. :(
More recently, a large organization to which I belong revamped their website. First, it was all back-end stuff, it looked the same mostly, though they'd added features. Now, I've been on PCs and the Internet a long time and I'm fairly savvy, but I hate hate hated the changes they made. The site was no longer user friendly. I could never find the same file or the same section twice. And if I did, it was never by following the same path. Ugh. Very frustrating. And then they decided to change the color scheme, the look and feel of the site. In general, I'm not opposed to the colors they chose, BUT this organization represents something and in my small insignificant opinion, the new color scheme does not represent that thing quite as well anymore. I'm not the only one. When the color changes were implemented, there was a lot of grumbling. And maybe it's more about the change rather than the changes themselves, because a lot of people resist change. Me included. But when something seems less friendly, less easy to use, or doesn't taste as good as it used to, there's something to be said for leaving well enough alone.
One last example is iTunes. Most people either love it or hate it. I'm mostly in the love it camp. The last upgrade brought significant changes to the user interface. A lot of folks were upset over that. And I'm not really sure what the purpose was. As of this post, I have not upgraded, although I'm sure there will be a point at which I have to otherwise things may stop working as well or altogether.
Is there a product that you wish had not been subjected to improvement??
NASCAR update: Danica Patrick started 1st, placed 8th. Not bad at all, considering there are 43 drivers.
Monday, June 15, 2009
My Birthday, Part II
Well, a lovely day was had moi!
Olive Garden was delish as expected. I was sung to by the happy servers there, too.
I got to open my gifts between courses (such as they were). So my list of goodies is as follows:
1. lovely bouquet of flowers
2. iTunes gift card (there's a new game for my iPod, and some new tunes, of course)
3. a nail care kit and a couple of lovely nail polish colors
4. a laptop bag
5. a new laptop (now I really have to get a real manuscript finished so I can justify this gift...argh!!!)
Anywho, it was relatively inexpensive as laptops go, but it has wireless capability so I can access the Internet and e-mail from home now. Woo hoo! It's about the size of large hard-back book, but much, much lighter weight. (Thanks, Hubby!)
And then yesterday, we spent another lovely day out on the lake/boat. It was beautiful. We found a great spot with shade and a breeze off the water so it didn't feel as hot as it actually was. We had three of my oldest daughter's friends with us, and hubby had a grand old time, 'cause these boys were fearless in the tube.
So...happy birthday to me again!
Olive Garden was delish as expected. I was sung to by the happy servers there, too.
I got to open my gifts between courses (such as they were). So my list of goodies is as follows:
1. lovely bouquet of flowers
2. iTunes gift card (there's a new game for my iPod, and some new tunes, of course)
3. a nail care kit and a couple of lovely nail polish colors
4. a laptop bag
5. a new laptop (now I really have to get a real manuscript finished so I can justify this gift...argh!!!)
Anywho, it was relatively inexpensive as laptops go, but it has wireless capability so I can access the Internet and e-mail from home now. Woo hoo! It's about the size of large hard-back book, but much, much lighter weight. (Thanks, Hubby!)
And then yesterday, we spent another lovely day out on the lake/boat. It was beautiful. We found a great spot with shade and a breeze off the water so it didn't feel as hot as it actually was. We had three of my oldest daughter's friends with us, and hubby had a grand old time, 'cause these boys were fearless in the tube.
So...happy birthday to me again!
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Have I mentioned...
how much I love iTunes? Even despite its shortcomings.
First, let me say, you don't have to have an iPod of any shape, size, or color, to use iTunes as your default music/video player. Just download and use...
I can play music, I can load music from CD, I can buy music, I can buy & watch TV shows (if they've been licensed, of course), and I can find all kinds of free pod casts on just about any topic imaginable. I can also purchase audio books (although I actually use Audible.com).
What a world we live in!
First, let me say, you don't have to have an iPod of any shape, size, or color, to use iTunes as your default music/video player. Just download and use...
I can play music, I can load music from CD, I can buy music, I can buy & watch TV shows (if they've been licensed, of course), and I can find all kinds of free pod casts on just about any topic imaginable. I can also purchase audio books (although I actually use Audible.com).
What a world we live in!
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