{"id":8547,"date":"2021-10-23T07:40:06","date_gmt":"2021-10-23T07:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TheNextWeb=1370810"},"modified":"2021-10-23T07:40:06","modified_gmt":"2021-10-23T07:40:06","slug":"its-ipods-20th-birthday-and-people-have-a-lot-of-feelings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=8547","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s iPod\u2019s 20th birthday and people have a lot of feelings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As a tech journo, I love it when people share their experiences of tech with me. It\u2019s so much more interesting than a review someone is being paid to write or a marketing blurb. So in celebration of the iPod \u2018s 20th birthday, I reached out to a bunch of folks I know to hear their stories. Just friends, some journos, and a former PR for Apple<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n

A catalyst for new music<\/h2>\n
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I remember loading my trusty old iPod up with all my favorite music before traveling around Europe back in 2008 (i was 22). About a month into a nine-month trip, my iPod stopped working & it felt like the biggest disaster ever!<\/span><\/p>\n

Fortunately for me, I visited the Apple store in London and used some highly persuasive language (threatening to buy an Iriver and never supporting Apple again.) This resulted in a free replacement even though I was two months out of warranty, and I still have it to this day.<\/span><\/p>\n

Because I had lost all my music, I ended up collecting music from lots of different people I met traveling for the next eight months. I got so much cool stuff I had never heard of that for literally years I was discovering cool music (13th-floor elevators, Death cab for cutie, Broken Social Scene, the list goes on) by picking something random on my iPod.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u2014 Kate Walker <\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/i><\/a>For serious fans, you can even buy an original iPod poster.<\/a><\/figcaption>