Dave Winer on TiVo: "One thing they never get about TiVO is the profoundness of the feature that skips backwards and lets you replay a snippet. I've come to want that feature in every audio and video device I own from the car radio to the walkman, my iPod (amazingly it doesn't have it), and even with people I'm talking with, both in person and on the phone. "You said that in an interesting way, now what exactly did you say?" Listen the same way I read. And would you tell them for me that I do this with their friggin commercials too -- when they're interesting or especially depraved. Maybe they'll get the clue that it's time to stop programming us with their commercials and start educating and entertaining. [Scripting News]

The only thing more profound than skipping backwards a few seconds is *noticing* that this is a profound thing.  And it is.

TiVO has spoiled me for one-directional, once-only things.

I can't tell you how many times I've wanted to skip backwards a few seconds when listening to the radio, watching a movie in the cinema, or in conversations (with a group, where you can't always ask someone to repeat themselves).

I also love the fact that my TiVO has made me realize what my VCR has always been, a tape drive. :-)

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