iPods are everywhere! In New York, we saw tons of riding the subway or walking around with iPods. Jason was raving about how great the iPod is, and Sam was saying how much she loves hers.

It's one of the most important things I own (with my cell phone and digital camera). Having all your music with you everywhere is awesome. And Apple just released the 4th version which is smaller, has a longer battery, and other cool features.

Here's a story about how Duke is giving all incoming freshman an iPod! It comes preloaded with orientation materials and the fight song. It can be used throughout the year for class materials.

I think a great extension on this (which I'm sure Apple has planned) is to enable people to have their entire home folder on their iPod. This is already possible with some hacks, but Apple can make it mainstream. So basically every student has their home folder with them, they plug into any computer and it boots into their system. Unplug it and move on. It took Stanford over a year to setup a system for students to login all over campus. This is a much cleaner solution.

Here's an article about how copy protected audio CDs have to change their strategy because currently they can't be played on iPods, which is what everyone owns. First of all, fuck copy protected CDs, but if we have to have them, at least now they will use a standard that works with iPods.