GeekForce

I’ve come up with what I think is a pretty ingenious use for the iPod. It’s there out of the box, and its obvious, but still, its mine:

I use my iPod as a rating engine - I rate music in my collection. I have a playlist that contains 50 random unrated songs on my ipod. During the day, I listen to them, and rate them. It doesn’t take very long.
When I synch my iPod in the evening, the ratings go back to my collection. So, I’m slowly rating my entire music collection - and it’s working!
I have another playlist called Best for iPod - a random 50 songs that rated 5 stars. During the day i lsten to these, and re-rate them. Maybe what I thought was a five isn’t, its a four. So I’m refining my list of my favorite songs.
I have a third playlist called Favorites - this is songs that are 3 stars or more, and which i have never skipped. if this list is right, its all the songs I’ll never skip.

I have one other playlist on the ipod - songs that have gone unplayed in the last month - just to make sure that I’m not getting stale in my collection.

With these lists, and the fact that i’m always rating and re-rating, I keep my music minty fresh!