Thursday, June 3, 2010
Week 5: Music files and MP3
MP3 has been around for quite a long time as far as my ignorant mind remembers. I remember my friends from high school back then spending day and night downloading songs off the internet and yet I have never ever downloaded any songs from the net before - and guess why? Because I buy CDs! I didn't get a simple MP3 player until two years ago and that was because I was going overseas for two months and I couldn't bring all my favourite CDs with me so I bought one and then burnt all the CDs onto the computer then onto the Mp3. But I don't really enjoy listening to the music through tiny set of headphones, I like listening to music in the car when I drive or at home. The music sounds better and you won't damage your hearing as much as using headphones.
Anyway I'm not surprised that there are so many music downloading sites on the internet. One of the very first website I've heard is 'Mp3.com'. I looked at it and explored it, it had the music in genres (i.e.: rock +pop, hip-hop, alt + indie, hard rock + metal, r & b + soul, electro + dance, country, international and jazz) along the top line so it's easy to identify the type of music you want to listen to. Downloading is also very easy, you can also just type in the song title. However it is quite a dark coloured website but it's definately easy to navigate.
Anyway I'm not surprised that there are so many music downloading sites on the internet. One of the very first website I've heard is 'Mp3.com'. I looked at it and explored it, it had the music in genres (i.e.: rock +pop, hip-hop, alt + indie, hard rock + metal, r & b + soul, electro + dance, country, international and jazz) along the top line so it's easy to identify the type of music you want to listen to. Downloading is also very easy, you can also just type in the song title. However it is quite a dark coloured website but it's definately easy to navigate.
Week 3 - Twitter
send us a 'tweet' (message) on Twitter
I know everyone uses Twitter, however this is definately not something that I would personally take up because I am not a cult follower (well I mean I only follow myself and I'm not interested in closely following someone or something). I have seen the Manukau Libraries page on Facebook and I thought this was enough if anyone wanted to know what was happening with the library without having to be updated every two seconds. Plus we have got a fabulous library website already so don't think I'll be promoting this to the customers, sorry.
I know everyone uses Twitter, however this is definately not something that I would personally take up because I am not a cult follower (well I mean I only follow myself and I'm not interested in closely following someone or something). I have seen the Manukau Libraries page on Facebook and I thought this was enough if anyone wanted to know what was happening with the library without having to be updated every two seconds. Plus we have got a fabulous library website already so don't think I'll be promoting this to the customers, sorry.
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