iPod culture etc.

Not directly relevant for my project, but sat in on a lecture titled From the Walkman to the iPod: Investigating the Culture of Mobile Listening by Dr Michael Bull, Sussex. Based on his book Sounding Out the City. Personal stereos and the management of everyday life, Bull talked about ipod and similar technologies as 'tools whereby users manage space, time and the boundaries around the self'. Touching upon issues like private vs. public space and/or time, and the desire to (re)gain a sense of control over urban space.