October 23rd: The Day the iPod was Announced

iPod generations

The iPod is now a normal part of our 21st Century lives in the Western world. But imagine a time, with no iPod...*gasp!* October 23rd 2001 was the day that Steve Jobs announced the coming of a technological device that allows you to carry "1,000 songs in your pocket". 

   Over the past 12 years, a multitude of generations of iPod have been developed and updated, maintaining our hunger for the newest, shiniest, snazziest iPod. Variations include: the Classic, the Shuffle, the Touch, the Nano and the Mini. The iPod, among other digital music players, has effectively killed the physical CD production industry and replaced it with virtual music collections like iTunes. Could this device that has transformed our daily lives for the better, also mean the end of an era in music production? 
If you are interested in this topic, check out my October 2nd blog post here, which discusses the battle between the CD and digital.