Image via WikipediaOK, you may be of a certain age that is not quite hip to all aspects of the digital revolution, but that's OK.Chances are, however, that your kids are highly in-tune with cell phones and IPods or MP3 players that have the latest music on them.
I prefer working while listening to Pandora for my musical preferences and education. I also sometimes use Grooveshank. Both are free, unlike Rhapsody.
Oh. I almost forgot, there is another less known music site called Magnatune that I highly recommend. It is chock full of quality independent artists and 50% of the royalties go back to them. In addition for audiofiles, you can download in perfect WAV format, (better quality than MP3).
If you are interested in audio books that is a whole different ballgame. For avid readers, (should I suggest nearly fanatical readers), the IPad and Kindle are options. As for myself, I never signed in to the idea of the cost of these devices.
I enjoy browsing dusty used bookstores and when I have time to sit and read, I like the feel of books too much to make the change to an all digital format. It is well recognized, however, that frequent readers can save a bundle in the long-term by "going digital".
Maybe I am just old-fashioned, but I prefer the desktop computer for my computing. I do own a laptop, that is sometimes very handy, I admit. I am heavily into engine search visibility and what works best on the search engines, and that takes up quite a bit of my free time, so extra time is precious to me.
Suppose you would like to read, but have a hard time to find reading time? You may have some drive time if you commute a short distance to work, (like so many of us).
Why not consider audio books? They are digital formats of books that you can listen on your kids old digital device. I have a Zune that holds a big amount of data, that was bequeathed to me by a generation Xer, that is perfect for the purpose.
In addition, you can download podcasts of your favorite broadcasts. I know podcasts are a little outmoded, but the same thing has been said about blogging. It is clear from recent data that the death of blogging seems to have been greatly exaggerated.
Where do you go for the best digital books? You can pay $ 15.00 per month for 2 digital downloads at Audible, or you can search for free digital books. The following post will give you a myriad of sources for free digital book downloads.
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Happy Blogging, writing, listening, or whatever else you do!
John Lombaerde
Web Site Promotion
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