From this great pcworld article, ‘20 Things They Don’t Want You To Know‘, here is a simple way to syncronize your digital music collection at home to the one you have at work, using your iPod. (Windows only…though I am sure those crafty MAC users could find 100 ways to do this same thing.)

If you have a Windows machine, simply plug in your IPod, find it listed in Windows Explorer, and make sure your machine can view hidden files. Open the ‘IPod_Control’ folder and copy the ‘My_Music’ folder to your PC. Import those tracks into ITunes and put them in order there. Select Edit, Preferences, and choose the Advanced tab. Select a location for your music library by clicking the Change button, and then check Keep iTunes Music folder organized.

Enjoy. Special thanks to slapjack adam for finding this great article.