Around the World iTunes.
My buddy Keith has got some bizarre taste in music. He himself is an artist, so he’s always finding new music that I’d never heard of before, further fragmenting my already fragmented taste in music. Most of the stuff is nice to listen to, but not necessarily buy.
Today I get an email from him about a new, really slick piece of software called Simplify Media, which allows me to listen to his iTunes library, and those of 30 others, streaming through my own iTunes application. Free. Legal. And amazing. It takes the concept of iTunes sharing among the “home” network and blows it out over the entire internet. So now I’m listening to the Dove’s Lost Souls album from Keith’s iTunes library (which is really killer). And for all I know, Keith’s in China right now.
The software only works for iTunes, on both Mac and Windows (please, Simplify Media, keep it that way - this software is far to classy for Windows Media Player). When it’s installed, a screen name is created that can be shared among up to 30 other users. Once a few names are entered, open iTunes, and your friends shared libraries automatically show up. The only downside is that too listen, the other user must be connected to the internet and have iTunes open. So as I am half-way through the Dove’s album, Keith decides he has to go to a meeting or something unimportant like that - and wrecks my listening experience.
The software is supported by a small ad window that matches the currently playing song with the equivalent album for sale on Amazon.com.
July 13th, 2007 at 4:24 pm
Great post.
July 16th, 2007 at 11:04 am
This looks good, might have to try this out.
Cheers