I love the zeroconf stuff and am happy to see more open source zeroconf projects and products emerging. Why? Because my instinct tells me this area of technology is going to explode soon. Mix zeroconf with location services and WiFi. Kaboom!
Check out the screenshot of Howl on right by Swampwolf (via je_apostrophe via Ted Leung).
For information on zeroconf and related IETF specs, go to http://www.zeroconf.org.
Technical information about Rendezvous, Apple's Zeroconf implementation is here.
More zeroconf infomation:
If you have links to other zeroconf implementations, please let me know via comment. I also haven't been able to locate Howl source code on Swampwolf website.
As Joe Cheap walked into Seoul's Yong-San district, he flipped his PDA on and queried his Bargainer 2.0 to see if any of the stores have the new Ding-a-Ring gadget for sale. Finding five, he activates the Live Auction task. Within a second, he receives five bids and direction to the store with the lowest bid. As he strolls to his destination, he receives a 'they'll kill me if they found out' offer from another store via IM. Joe taps on cancel auction button and turns around with a smile on his face.
Meanwhile Doug Hardball arrives on a bicycle and activates his PDA to harvest the local prices which are not available outside this district. Scanning the prices, he notices that the prices are higher than the district that hired him. As Doug moves on to the next shopping district, Sam Sneak, the district's disinformation manager snickers. He tagged that harvester just last week on instinct. Now, the harvester is carrying away fake prices with stealth beacon tags that will help him collect evidence to present to the national e-commerce association.
Don Park's Weekly Habit 