Happy Holidays: Have a Database

One of the goals of this blog, Post I.T., is to create more than a collection of quick hits on tech, gadgets and media, which often evaporate almost as soon as you read them, like digital cotton candy.

To be a real User's Guide to the 21st Century, we need staying power. We want you to come back again and again and become a real resource for you.

One way to do that is to create standing and updatable databases for users.

Many of these will be culled from your input. For instance, our first one: A database of user reviews of the iPod and the Zune.

When Microsoft rolled out the Zune in November, I asked to hear from folks who had bought one. Unsolicited, iPod owners happily chimed in as well. I took the best ones and created a database. Even better, we can wiki this thing: You can post your iPod and Zune (and other mp3 devices) reviews in the comment section at the bottom of the database. I'll take the best of those and add them. As players evolve, so will we.

Bonus: Maybe this database will help with your last-minute holiday shopping decisions.