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Cool iTunes Library Visualizations

I was going through some old bookmarks and stumbled on Wordle, which is used for generating “word clouds” based on the number of times a word is used. Kinda like a tag cloud, but with a few more options. After trying out a few fun things like President Obama’s Inaugaration Speech, I wanted something with more words, something that would really put the Wordle algorithm through its paces.

48 Hour Review: TuneUp

Here’s the problem…I have a huge iTunes library (18,142 items, 51.6 days, 103.72 GB). I’ve been looking for an easy solution to bring some consistency to my music collection. There are times when I would start a project of going through the collection album by album and artist by artist making sure that I had the correct information and artwork. On a library that size, it could take weeks, even months. Before I get into the actual review, know this…I am “old school” when it comes to buying music. I like going into CD stores and buying a physical copy of an album. Sometimes I find it cheaper in a store than I do on iTunes. Well that, and I don’t trust the ID3 info from iTunes.