I really like iTunes for music organization. I don't watch vids, so I can't help you there.
As far as fic goes, I'm wondering if the shuffle theory applies to fic reading as well. It seems like people enjoy having a variety of choices, but there's a critical point where there are too many choices and people become overwhelmed and stop making choices. It's like people who have a ton of songs on their iPod and can't decide what they want to listen to, so they just set it to shuffle. There's so much fic in SGA fandom that, while it caters to nearly everybody's preferences, it's hard to find good fic in a style you prefer, so you just stop reading or lose interest where you might have done so had there been fewer fic choices.
I don't know that this necessarily applies to you, because our reading tastes are different, but I think it might apply to some people.
Also, interesting observations in your entry and in comments about relative age in fandom. We didn't have internet access in my area until 1998ish, and even then it wasn't available residentially. I didn't have internet access personally until I went to college, and I wonder about how much of the fandom experience I missed out on simply because I didn't have the technology. I wish I'd been able to be a part of XF fandom, for example, while I was watching the show. That would have been a trip.
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As far as fic goes, I'm wondering if the shuffle theory applies to fic reading as well. It seems like people enjoy having a variety of choices, but there's a critical point where there are too many choices and people become overwhelmed and stop making choices. It's like people who have a ton of songs on their iPod and can't decide what they want to listen to, so they just set it to shuffle. There's so much fic in SGA fandom that, while it caters to nearly everybody's preferences, it's hard to find good fic in a style you prefer, so you just stop reading or lose interest where you might have done so had there been fewer fic choices.
I don't know that this necessarily applies to you, because our reading tastes are different, but I think it might apply to some people.
Also, interesting observations in your entry and in comments about relative age in fandom. We didn't have internet access in my area until 1998ish, and even then it wasn't available residentially. I didn't have internet access personally until I went to college, and I wonder about how much of the fandom experience I missed out on simply because I didn't have the technology. I wish I'd been able to be a part of XF fandom, for example, while I was watching the show. That would have been a trip.