@hjalm Ah. Pledge Drive. Guilt free, though, because I donated last month

@scojjac Thanks for the tip on the app. I’m operating under the assumption that iTunes library sharing will go away because the market isn’t large enough to support. Starting to stage Plex as a viable backup.

@hjertnes This is a valid concern. I don’t worry so much about books and music—they do feel portable between applications and platforms. Movies are different, though. For purchased movies, the apps phone home to make sure I am the owner. Tried watching some purchased movies during an internet outage once and the answer was “no.” Ripped movies from my physical media naturally fine, so am exploring methods to make my purchased content more resilient.

@patrickrhone @SimonWoods So many points of departure here on different topics!

I worked at a record store in my twenties and I organize music obsessively--alpha by album, by artist (by last name where appropriate) on furniture designed specifically for media. But the movie High Fidelity suggests chronological by relationship and I think I could probably organize some of my collection by influence even if that doesn't tell the story of romantic relationships.

Meanwhile, while I have also worked at a book store, I'm more inclined to organize loosely by genre, but with more worry about what shelf the book will fit on. Coffee table books really only fit in a few places, so they're together regardles of topic, for example.

I bought iTunes Music Match first, so I can stream my stuff without having to carry a lot of storage. Apple Music came later so I can research interests for eventual purchase.

I do believe in paying the artist, directly when possible, though I've been acquiring more media digitally over time.

While I'm wholly in the Apple camp with respect to media libraries and services, I find myself planning for alternative should Apple decide some products or services are vintage or obsolete. For example, I'm ripping DVDs and building a Plex server, while I will also convert the same files to MP4 to add to iTunes. I can consume either on my AppleTV today, but I know I can get a Roku later if it comes to that.

Where do you guys find yourselves in respect to these ideas?

@Moondeer It's a strange phenomenon. On the one hand, knowledge of the film is fading, on the other, it seems like turning it up to eleven is becoming a common metaphor.

@hutaffe I don't believe this could possibly go well. He is going to lose amazing people and his recruiters will be able to fill no positions. My company relented from a very similar position because the job market won't support it. He is free to draw a line or hold a line. That's his right. But I do not believe he understands the cost of that position.

@rcrackley Are there anticipated features that are coming? Or are you waiting to see what direction the developers take?

@pimoore Thank you! That’s reassuring. I have apps already that do some of the things, but am hoping to make this a writing focus.

@pimoore I’m going to try Bear. Price of entry is low and feature set not overwhelming.

@rknightuk I would tend to agree, but it could make the task more exciting, or you could switch it up and mow by firelight?