Comments on: The iPod as an ‘urban centering device’ http://www.themobilecity.nl/2007/12/17/the-ipod-and-the-cathedral/ Mobile and Locative Media and Urban Culture Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:37:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Morgan Sully http://www.themobilecity.nl/2007/12/17/the-ipod-and-the-cathedral/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Morgan Sully Tue, 25 Dec 2007 04:26:35 +0000 http://www.themobilecity.nl/2007/12/17/the-ipod-and-the-cathedral/langswitch_lang/nl#comment-7 I live in Oakland California and find myself going over to San Francisco quite a bit in the night time. My iPod (actually an iPhone) certainly carries me back safely across the Bay at the end of my nightly excursions. While in the City, however, my music player acts as a buffer for me when I'm out and about - sometimes, I just want to be alone, yet in the crowd, anonymous, a passive observer. Other times, I can simply hit stop, remove my headphones and dive in to the milieux. Otherwise, i have a soundtrack for my mind as I go on my 'dérive'. I live in Oakland California and find myself going over to San Francisco quite a bit in the night time. My iPod (actually an iPhone) certainly carries me back safely across the Bay at the end of my nightly excursions. While in the City, however, my music player acts as a buffer for me when I’m out and about – sometimes, I just want to be alone, yet in the crowd, anonymous, a passive observer.

Other times, I can simply hit stop, remove my headphones and dive in to the milieux. Otherwise, i have a soundtrack for my mind as I go on my ‘dérive’.

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