Michael Montez Online

A while back, I sold my iPod’s and was torn between an iPod Classic and and the new iTouch. Well that was a few months ago, November actually, and I finally replaced my nano. I choose the Creative Zen. What is the Creative Zen?

This credit card-sized ZEN has a stunning 2.5″ color screen and is perfect for music, videos and photos. Enjoy up to 8,000 MP3¹, WMA or AAC songs, watch up to 120 hours² of videos and share hundreds of photos with your friends. Even expand your portable music, video or photo collection by adding additional content through the convenient SD memory slot. Player is available in 2GB, 4GB, 8GB, 16GB and 32GB capacities.

Well I love it – mp3’s, videos, photos, and drag and drop media files. Did I mention it also has an FM receiver and only cost $80? The only thing it does not do is sync with iTunes directly (but the software is easy to use for drag n’ drop). Someone please build me a plug-in that will allow me to sync with iTunes.

When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: “If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.” It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?” And whenever the answer has been “No” for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

- from the Commencement address by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, delivered on June 12, 2005.