Strange Macintosh feature

By Dave Winer on 1/9/07; 12:46:48 PM.

I'm typing this post from the Las Vegas airport where they have free wifi that performs pretty well. All you have to do is enter your email address in a form. I said I was dork\@mcdork.org.  

That's the good news. Now here's the strange news. 

I happened to have iTunes open, and in the left panel I noticed a new list named "Shared" and under that, the libraries of four nearby people, not sure whether they're running iTunes or what, but it looks like I'm supposed to be able to access their music, but I can't. Here's a screen shot. 

Explanation: I missed a few Jobs keynotes before I switched to the Mac late in 2005.