My last post was about my recent talk where I try to highlight how iTunes is able to work its instant-sharing magic - by using ZeroConf. 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?"

So to paraphrase Mr. Mossberg:

"You're using the library and the network, but you're missing some of the fun."

Thanks to inkdroid 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. I just hope it grows more coherent as you move forward in time.)

I'm not normally one to gush but it was a little stunning to see our little podcast highlighted at the iTunes Music Store podcast section.

(er, click the image to get to flickr's copy, then click the "All sizes" link above for the big version to see what i'm talking about... the "spine" logo in the new/notable section and #16 (16!) in the top 25. or, just look it up in itunes yerself.)

Granted, this is in the "Technology -- Software How-To" section. It's in some pretty good company in there, though, so I'm excited.