Archive for January, 2007

Lately I’ve been bothered by a couple of things, regarding my digital music library:

1. I have to keep upgrading my external hard drive storage capacity, because new music is consistently being added.
2. My music is only accessible from wherever the external hard drive is, which means I have to lug it around to work, on vacation, etc.

There are three things I wish to accomplish:

1. Eliminate the limit on my music storage capacity.
2. Access my music from anywhere in the world.

I had the chance to catch up with Leah Culver as she was back in Minnesota for the holidays. We first met each other as undergraduate students at the University of Minnesota. I was excited to chat with Leah about her laser-etched MacBook Pro that she purchased by selling advertising, and some of the people working for Web 2.0 and Internet startup companies in the San Francisco Bay area. It turned out we knew a lot of the same people, but in different (opposite) ways.

Over the holiday break, you are probably taking a lot of photos, all of which will eventually get imported to your computer. While picture taking is fun, importing is sometimes a laborious task, because not every picture is a “keeper.” You have to manually sift through each photo, and decide to keep it or trash it.

On Mac OS X, there are some tools that allow you to streamline this process more easily. So rather than spending New Year’s Day sifting through all of your photos, you can enjoy your holiday.