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§ Me, Elsewhere

On February 6, 2012

snej listened to Pleasures of the Flesh by Pain Teens Born in Blood @ 2012-02-07 03:05 (and 39 more …)
snej listened to Dissolution 1 by Earth Sunn Amps and Smashed Guitars Live @ 2012-02-07 02:54
snej listened to Pale on Pale by Chelsea Wolfe Apokalypsis @ 2012-02-07 02:47
snej listened to Lacrimosa by Ufomammut Snailking @ 2012-02-07 02:40
snej listened to How to Get Bigger by Made Out of Babies The Ruiner @ 2012-02-07 02:34
snej listened to Scapegoat by Kylesa Static Tensions @ 2012-02-07 02:27
snej listened to Settle Here by Harkonen Shake Harder Boy @ 2012-02-07 02:22
snej listened to Fermion by graviton Massless @ 2012-02-07 02:19
snej listened to Dissolution 1 by Earth Sunn Amps and Smashed Guitars Live @ 2012-02-07 01:51
snej listened to Room of Vertigo by Dysrhythmia Psychic Maps @ 2012-02-07 01:42
snej listened to Red by King Crimson The Concise King Crimson @ 2012-02-07 01:34
snej listened to Bow by Julie Christmas @ 2012-02-07 01:28
snej listened to Dead Between the Walls by Pelican City of Echoes @ 2012-02-07 01:23
snej listened to The Revenge of Cruiser Gurner by DUSTdevils Struggling Electric + Chemical @ 2012-02-07 01:19
snej listened to LAKE ODESSA by Cole Pierce @ 2012-02-07 01:05
snej listened to LAKE ODESSA by Cole Pierce @ 2012-02-07 00:51
snej listened to Resolution by Mahavishnu Orchestra Birds Of Fire @ 2012-02-06 22:49
snej listened to Sanctuary by Mahavishnu Orchestra Birds Of Fire @ 2012-02-06 22:44
snej listened to One Word by Mahavishnu Orchestra Birds Of Fire @ 2012-02-06 22:34
snej listened to Hope by Mahavishnu Orchestra Birds Of Fire @ 2012-02-06 22:32
snej listened to Thousand Island Park by Mahavishnu Orchestra Birds Of Fire @ 2012-02-06 22:28
snej listened to Celestial Terrestrial Commuters by Mahavishnu Orchestra Birds Of Fire @ 2012-02-06 22:25
snej listened to Miles Beyond by Mahavishnu Orchestra Birds Of Fire @ 2012-02-06 22:21
snej listened to Birds Of Fire by Mahavishnu Orchestra Birds Of Fire @ 2012-02-06 22:15
snej listened to Out... by Made Out of Babies Trophy @ 2012-02-06 20:29
snej listened to Wounded Rhino by Made Out of Babies Trophy @ 2012-02-06 20:25
snej listened to Pirate by Made Out of Babies Trophy @ 2012-02-06 20:21
snej listened to Swarm by Made Out of Babies Trophy @ 2012-02-06 20:18
snej listened to Lullaby No. 2 by Made Out of Babies Trophy @ 2012-02-06 20:17
snej listened to Sugar by Made Out of Babies Trophy @ 2012-02-06 20:13
snej listened to Gut Shoveler by Made Out of Babies Trophy @ 2012-02-06 20:09
snej listened to Lullaby No. 1 by Made Out of Babies Trophy @ 2012-02-06 20:07
snej listened to Ire Fire by Made Out of Babies Trophy @ 2012-02-06 20:04
snej listened to Ire Fire by Made Out of Babies Trophy @ 2012-02-06 20:04
snej listened to El Morgan by Made Out of Babies Trophy @ 2012-02-06 19:58
snej listened to Loosey Goosey by Made Out of Babies Trophy @ 2012-02-06 19:55
snej listened to Herculoid by Made Out of Babies Trophy @ 2012-02-06 19:51
snej listened to Part III by Sol Rezza The existence of the light @ 2012-02-06 19:42
snej listened to Part II by Sol Rezza The existence of the light @ 2012-02-06 19:38
snej listened to Part I by Sol Rezza The existence of the light @ 2012-02-06 19:34

On February 5, 2012

On February 4, 2012

snej listened to Tombant by Biosphere @ 2012-02-05 07:11 (and 18 more …)
snej listened to Inverse by Biosphere @ 2012-02-05 07:06
snej listened to Inverse by Biosphere @ 2012-02-05 07:05
snej listened to Disparu by Biosphere @ 2012-02-05 07:03
snej listened to Circulaire by Biosphere @ 2012-02-05 06:57
snej listened to Deviation by Biosphere @ 2012-02-05 06:46
snej listened to Vibratoire by Biosphere @ 2012-02-05 06:43
snej listened to Rotation by Biosphere @ 2012-02-05 06:31
snej listened to Translation by Biosphere @ 2012-02-05 06:09
snej listened to Part IV by Sol Rezza The existence of the light @ 2012-02-05 05:53
snej listened to Part III by Sol Rezza The existence of the light @ 2012-02-05 05:45
snej listened to Solex Feels Lucky by Solex Solex vs. The Hitmeister @ 2012-02-05 05:38
snej listened to One Louder Solex by Solex Solex vs. The Hitmeister @ 2012-02-05 05:34
snej listened to Part IV by Sol Rezza The existence of the light @ 2012-02-05 05:29
snej listened to Part III by Sol Rezza The existence of the light @ 2012-02-05 05:21
snej listened to Part II by Sol Rezza The existence of the light @ 2012-02-05 05:17
snej listened to Part I by Sol Rezza The existence of the light @ 2012-02-05 05:13
snej listened to La existencia de la luz - The existence of the light. by Sol Rezza @ 2012-02-05 05:05
snej listened to La existencia de la luz - The existence of the light. by Sol Rezza @ 2012-02-05 05:02

On February 3, 2012

On February 2, 2012

On February 1, 2012

snej listened to Inescapable by Cranes Wings Of Joy @ 2012-02-02 06:47 (and 16 more …)
snej listened to Pleasures of the Flesh by Pain Teens Born in Blood @ 2012-02-02 06:39
snej listened to Zelzah by Medicine Sounds of Medicine @ 2012-02-02 06:32
snej listened to Cooker by Made Out of Babies The Ruiner @ 2012-02-02 06:19
snej listened to Charlotte by Kittie Brackish @ 2012-02-02 06:16
snej listened to Cover the Windows and the Walls by Grouper Cover the Windows and the Walls @ 2012-02-02 05:31
snej listened to Poison Tree by Grouper Inca Ore / Grouper @ 2012-02-02 05:28
snej listened to demona (dead moon cover) by Grouper @ 2012-02-02 05:24
snej listened to Theta by Talvihorros Descent Into Delta @ 2012-02-02 02:05
snej listened to Theta by Talvihorros Descent Into Delta @ 2012-02-02 01:55
snej listened to Alpha by Talvihorros Descent Into Delta @ 2012-02-02 01:45
snej listened to Beta by Talvihorros Descent Into Delta @ 2012-02-02 01:37
snej listened to Gamma by Talvihorros Descent Into Delta @ 2012-02-02 01:34
snej listened to Thee Cult of Henry Flynt by Pyramids/Horseback @ 2012-02-02 01:26
snej listened to Phaedra's Love by Pyramids/Horseback @ 2012-02-02 01:19
snej listened to I Love You by Jason Urick @ 2012-02-02 01:09
snej listened to The World Looks Red by DJ sneJ @ 2012-02-01 23:21

On January 31, 2012

On January 30, 2012

snej listened to Orbit by mon0 @ 2012-01-31 02:12 (and 7 more …)
snej listened to Distant reality by mon0 @ 2012-01-31 01:38
snej listened to SUMMERSHINE SMILEY by Astrobrite Whitenoisesuperstar @ 2012-01-30 22:51
snej listened to GODDESS by Astrobrite Whitenoisesuperstar @ 2012-01-30 22:45
snej listened to AMOROTIC ZOOM by Astrobrite Whitenoisesuperstar @ 2012-01-30 22:40
snej listened to Vanillablue by Astrobrite Whitenoisesuperstar @ 2012-01-30 19:51
snej listened to Cherryflavorburst by Astrobrite Whitenoisesuperstar @ 2012-01-30 18:29
snej listened to Whitenoisesuperstar by Astrobrite Whitenoisesuperstar @ 2012-01-30 18:23

On January 29, 2012

snej listened to Fireye Goodbye by Astrobrite Whitenoisesuperstar @ 2012-01-30 04:18 (and 15 more …)
snej listened to VALENTINA GALAXINA by Astrobrite Whitenoisesuperstar @ 2012-01-30 04:16
snej listened to SUMMERSHINE SMILEY by Astrobrite Whitenoisesuperstar @ 2012-01-30 04:10
snej listened to GODDESS by Astrobrite Whitenoisesuperstar @ 2012-01-30 04:05
snej listened to GODDESS by Astrobrite Whitenoisesuperstar @ 2012-01-30 04:04
snej listened to AMOROTIC ZOOM by Astrobrite Whitenoisesuperstar @ 2012-01-30 03:59
snej listened to Dragonfly Pinkyfuzz by Astrobrite Whitenoisesuperstar @ 2012-01-30 03:55
snej listened to Vanillablue by Astrobrite Whitenoisesuperstar @ 2012-01-30 03:49
snej listened to Cherryflavorburst by Astrobrite Whitenoisesuperstar @ 2012-01-30 03:44
snej listened to Whitenoisesuperstar by Astrobrite Whitenoisesuperstar @ 2012-01-30 03:38
snej listened to Flim by Aphex Twin Come to Daddy EP @ 2012-01-30 01:29
snej listened to delta blues by Antique Shade @ 2012-01-30 00:39
snej listened to cooper union by Antique Shade @ 2012-01-30 00:36
snej listened to return of the fly by Antique Shade @ 2012-01-30 00:33
snej listened to Mothman To Mothman by Antique Shade @ 2012-01-30 00:31
snej listened to moody by Antique Shade @ 2012-01-30 00:26

On January 28, 2012

snej listened to Cole Pierce Mix - LAKE ODESSA by Headphone Commute @ 2012-01-29 04:56 (and 8 more …)
snej listened to Melanine by Tycho Dive @ 2012-01-29 03:06
snej listened to Ascension by Tycho Dive @ 2012-01-29 03:05
snej listened to Ascension by Tycho Dive @ 2012-01-29 03:02
snej listened to Coastal Brake by Tycho Dive @ 2012-01-29 02:56
snej listened to Dive by Tycho Dive @ 2012-01-29 02:48
snej listened to Daydream by Tycho Dive @ 2012-01-29 02:43
snej listened to Hours by Tycho Dive @ 2012-01-29 02:37
snej listened to A Walk by Tycho Dive @ 2012-01-29 02:32

§ Meta

iTunes 9 Deja Vu

August 11th, 2009 by jens

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AppleInsider reports on the iTunes 9 rumors:

“The social networking integration that we reported iTunes 9 would have seems to be part of a bigger social networking push by Apple,” the report states. “We’ve been informed that Apple has plans to tie iTunes 9 into a “Social” application that they plan to release in the future.”

This sounds like the kind of app (though separate from iTunes) that Jessica Kahn and I kept trying in vain to get Apple to build, circa 2003-2005. Maybe they’ll get some use out of our abandoned prototypes.

The report goes on to say that the new application would allow users to share their listening habits with friends [and] send music to friends”

Mike Estee and I had actually prototyped this in iChat in 2003, but the feature never got approved since there were so many more important things to add, like 3-way video conferencing. (Plus the fact that Apple execs turned white as a sheet if you said the words “send music” near them.)

Anyway, personal bitterness aside, I think it’s really amusing that Apple keeps shoving the kitchen sink into iTunes, since that has to be the single nastiest, hardest-to-extend codebase they have — it’s their last remaining Carbon app, with a foundation that dates back to Casady & Greene’s SoundJam, circa 1998.

5 Responses

Jens Ayton writes:
August 11th, 200910:55 AMat

The home of the rumour now has some grade-A high-quality screenshots *cough, cough hack*. Of course, this lousy fake doesn’t disprove the original rumour (and it doesn’t appear to come from the same source).
chucker23n (LJ) writes:
August 11th, 200911:37 AMat

[I]t’s their last remaining Carbon app, with a foundation that dates back to Casady & Greene’s SoundJam, circa 1998.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but since Final Cut Pro (as the only part of the Final Cut Studio suite; all other apps look rather different) still sports the same old UI, I figured it’s still Carbon as well, which would make it roughly the same age as iTunes, and probably more complex (though with the advantage of far fewer bolted-on capabilities it was never supposed to have).
Jens Alfke writes:
August 11th, 200912:15 PMat

chucker — you may be right. (An amusing coincidence is that, when I came back to Apple in 1998, I had the same start date as the entire Final Cut team who were moving over en masse from Macromedia.)
rpkrajewski (LJ) writes:
August 11th, 20098:08 PMat

Obviously, the way to make a program useful and important is to give it a nasty, hard-to-extend codebase ;)
http://benstanfield.com/MyID.config.php writes:
August 11th, 200911:16 PMat

Ahh, how I loved SoundJam. I had so many skins for that sucker. And the visualizations were mind-blowing, although Apple left out my favorite when they shipped version 1 of iTunes. It was a sad day for me at that MacWorld Expo when I realized I’d never see another version of Sound Jam.

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