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Apple does it yet again…

…that is, inspire hot and heavy techno-lust deep within my heart.

Witness, the AirPort Express and AirTunes, a wireless 802.11g repeater with a USB print server built in that just so happens to also have both an analog and optical stereo out. Why, you ask? So that it’s iTunes ready…it will see your iTunes library, and you can push music through it. So anywhere in your house that you have speakers, you can have your complete music library. Wirelessly. Apple is really kicking some serious ass in the multimedia department these days…as far as I can tell, they pwn digital music. iTunes (the best jukebox/organizer/metadata mine for music bar none), iPod (the best small form factor portable music machine in the world), and now the ability to plug a box in the wall and make your music stream to it. The only thing better would be iPods with built in 802.11g for network syncing/streaming.

By griffey

Jason Griffey is the Director of Strategic Initiatives at NISO, where he works to identify new areas of the information ecosystem where standards expertise is useful and needed. Prior to joining NISO in 2019, Jason ran his own technology consulting company for libraries, has been both an Affiliate at metaLAB and a Fellow and Affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, and was an academic librarian in roles ranging from reference and instruction to Head of IT at the University of TN at Chattanooga.

Jason has written extensively on technology and libraries, including multiple books and a series of full-periodical issues on technology topics, most recently AI & Machine Learning in Libraries and Library Spaces and Smart Buildings: Technology, Metrics, and Iterative Design from 2018. His newest book, co-authored with Jeffery Pomerantz, will be published by MIT Press in 2024.

He has spoken internationally on topics such as artificial intelligence & machine learning, the future of technology and libraries, decentralization and the Blockchain, privacy, copyright, and intellectual property. A full list of his publications and presentations can be found on his CV.
He is one of eight winners of the Knight Foundation News Challenge for Libraries for the Measure the Future project (http://measurethefuture.net), an open hardware project designed to provide actionable use metrics for library spaces. He is also the creator and director of The LibraryBox Project (http://librarybox.us), an open source portable digital file distribution system.

Jason can be stalked obsessively online, and spends his free time with his daughter Eliza, reading, obsessing over gadgets, and preparing for the inevitable zombie uprising.

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