If you’re still subscribed or periodically checking out this site, you’ve probably noticed that I’ve been absent.

It’s the age-old tale. First, I stopped being abl to think of things to write. Then, I had an identity crisis, and in the middle of the identity crisis, a lot of things happened.

But this might turn out to be a good thing, because I’ve given a lot of thought to what I want this site to be and who I am, and I think this place is ready for the long overdue overhaul it’s (hopefully) about to go through.

As part of trying to resolve the identity crisis, I started a secret blog to experiment with sharing more of the content I felt I should be sharing. I don’t know that I truly found my voice (or my posting consistency), but I thought I would move those posts over here and see what you guys think (those of you who may or may not still be around).

If these posts become your introduction to Rebecca Thomas Designs, then welcome! Leave comments. Email me. Say hi.

Anyway, things you’ve never seen before are going to start appearing. Don’t freak out. This is part of the flux this site will be undergoing for a while. Advice and behind-the-scenes help is appreciated!

Posted by Rebecca as Site News at 7:29 PM EDT

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Since I’m talking about tagging this week, it’s as good a time as any to talk about building playlists through tagging, and mood playlists and birthday playlists…even if I’m still not working on my mood playlists!

One of the things that’s always frustrated me is that if I add a song to a playlist, my computer perceives that as two different songs and uses up the appropriate memory. If I add it to two or three lists, it’s like having two or three copies of the song lying around.

In playing with tagging and manipulating my content, I got to thinking about building playlists through tagging instead. I know last.fm allows this. Please let me know if any players allow for this. The way I see this working (or at least have seen it work on last.fm) is that you can add as many tags as you feel necessary (album, artist, genre, mood, etc), and then you select the tag into player’s interface to hear just the songs with that particular tag. You could also conceivably select multiple tags to build a playlist appropriate to the moment.

Posted by Rebecca as Uncategorized at 10:23 AM EDT

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