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onefixedstarAfter my problems with WMP 10, I've begun experimenting with other media players. Right now I've got WinAmp, Media Player Classic, and iTunes going. Overall, I think I prefer WinAmp, but iTunes has the distinct advantage of giving me access to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
thoughtfreely's music whenever the two of us are hooked into the department network at the same time. Each of us has over six days worth of music with virtually no overlap, so that's a dramatic expansion of available listening material and great exposure to a bunch of stuff I've never heard before. So far, I'm liking Aztec Camera, which is far more cheerful than nearly anything I own, and Belle and Sebastien, who I'd heard before but not at length.
The big survey project plods onwards. Last night I pre-tested the interview segment with AmericanAnglo, who kindly sacrificed over an hour of Final Fantasy adventure planning time to answer questions about who he knows, where he goes with them, and what he does online. There were a few rough spots, especially since some of the household questions were clearly intended for a parternship situation rather than a roommate situation, but I think those will be ironed out after our retreat on Friday when we go through and interview each other. We're planning to do the second round of pre-testing next week. Ideally, I'd like to interview my grandmother for this to expand our age range and get someone who's non-techy, but still uses the Internet. (Oddly enough, the friends of Internet freaks--i.e., virtually everyone on the survey team--skew towards the tech side of things.) However, I'm not sure I'll have time to get up there, so if any local people want to volunteer to be interviewed, let me know...
thoughtfreely's music whenever the two of us are hooked into the department network at the same time. Each of us has over six days worth of music with virtually no overlap, so that's a dramatic expansion of available listening material and great exposure to a bunch of stuff I've never heard before. So far, I'm liking Aztec Camera, which is far more cheerful than nearly anything I own, and Belle and Sebastien, who I'd heard before but not at length.The big survey project plods onwards. Last night I pre-tested the interview segment with AmericanAnglo, who kindly sacrificed over an hour of Final Fantasy adventure planning time to answer questions about who he knows, where he goes with them, and what he does online. There were a few rough spots, especially since some of the household questions were clearly intended for a parternship situation rather than a roommate situation, but I think those will be ironed out after our retreat on Friday when we go through and interview each other. We're planning to do the second round of pre-testing next week. Ideally, I'd like to interview my grandmother for this to expand our age range and get someone who's non-techy, but still uses the Internet. (Oddly enough, the friends of Internet freaks--i.e., virtually everyone on the survey team--skew towards the tech side of things.) However, I'm not sure I'll have time to get up there, so if any local people want to volunteer to be interviewed, let me know...
