My last post [1] was about my recent talk where I try to highlight how iTunes is able to work its instant-sharing magic - by using ZeroConf [2]. Today Walt Mossberg, the most influential tech writer around, chose to highlight this very thing in his must-read Personal Technology column called "You're Using iTunes, But Are You Missing Some of the Fun? [3]"
So to paraphrase Mr. Mossberg:
"You're using the library and the network, but you're missing some of the fun."
Thanks to inkdroid [4] I've been nursing a geek crush on ZeroConf for over a year. Its time might just be now.
(If, after reading the WSJ piece, you want to know more about ways ZeroConf could be used in libraries, just follow the tag [5]. I just hope it grows more coherent as you move forward in time.)
Links:
[1] http://onebiglibrary.net/talks/nasig-2007-a-new-approach-to-service-discovery-and-resource-delivery
[2] http://zeroconf.org/
[3] http://tinyurl.com/yrecdf
[4] http://inkdroid.org/
[5] http://onebiglibrary.net/taxonomy/term/39