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1. I want more!The sorting order of a major music library is critical as I have written about as of late - composers by their last name, artists, orchestras...February 14, 2012
2. What happened to composers?As I have been immersed in building my big library I have noticed something interesting. In classical music you sort your library by the name of...February 13, 2012
3. The NestIn yesterday's post Dedicated Hardware we talked about the beauty of buying a product dedicated to a specific task - simply because it is designed to...February 12, 2012
4. Dedicated hardwareA community member asked an interesting question. "Why go to all the expense of purchasing dedicated high-end hardware to stream music when you could do the...February 11, 2012
5. Good news: they are mostly deadAfter several of you read yesterday's post about tagging the question came up about how would we ever write rules a machine could use to sort...February 10, 2012
6. TaggingIn my post Tag you're it! posted a few days ago, we discussed the issue of tagging your music collection. I'd like to expand on that...February 9, 2012
7. I am 100% certain!I always smile when one of our customers has a problem and he is "100% sure" it cannot be this or it cannot be that causing...February 8, 2012
8. Who cares?Why do some speakers sound like music while others sound like anything but music? My chief engineer Bob Stadtherr was trying to find a problem in...February 7, 2012
9. Here's my problemThis issue about copyrights and protection has so many layers and hooks into society's fabric that it's hard to pick on just one but I willcertainly...February 6, 2012
10. Tag you're itI have been fully immersed in a project to tag a big library of classical music properly. It has been a real eye opener - both...February 5, 2012
11. Warning labelsI am always tempted to do whatever it is I am told not to unless there's a good reasonable explanation of why I shouldn't. This is...February 4, 2012
12. Sharing the futureA 5 year old girl isreprimandedby her teacher for not sharing with her classmates. "Don't you like to share?" Asked the teacher. "Yes I like to...February 3, 2012
13. Protection!I have been thinking a lot as of late about protection for musicians, writers and inventors. The core question is this: does it make sense in...February 2, 2012