Posted in print, media, content, newspapers, magazines, RSS, books, websites, email, twitter on Jan 9th, 2008
Every day, media is thrust into my life:
Two newspapers on the driveway.
Magazines in the mailbox… more than 10 subscriptions.
RSS feeds in my RSS reader… about 100 subscriptions.
This is before I look at my Blackberry, open Instant Messenger, surf a single website, think about the book on my nightstand, or even fathom the idea of watching […]
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Posted in RSS, widgets on Jun 21st, 2007
Last week I saw a technology that perfectly illustrates how the web is disrupting media companies’ control of their content, and their business models.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs previewed some new features of a forthcoming upgrade to their operating system. One feature is the ability for anyone to create their own Widgets via a tool called […]
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Posted in RSS, syndication on Apr 24th, 2007
Here is a great video that explains what RSS is, and how to use it.
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Posted in Uncategorized, RSS, widgets on Mar 8th, 2007
Fred Wilson has some interesting thoughts on how feeds and widgets play into the online publishing model:
“One of the biggest changes out there is the world of distributed media. Feeds, widgets, embed codes, apis, and other tools that allow the publisher to make their content available on other pages. You have to do this, it’s […]
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Posted in RSS on Feb 26th, 2007
Feedburner shares their view of the RSS feed market. With 604,533 feeds on behalf of 347,000 bloggers, podcasters and commercial publishers - they get a sense of the community like few others.
“Audience engagement, which is to say, people reading feeds and people clicking on feeds - is how we’ve increasingly been interpreting feed subscription numbers […]
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Posted in RSS on Feb 15th, 2007
Sue Polinsky at DownloadSquad offers a compelling argument for and 101 overview of RSS feeds and readers. Personally, my RSS reader is my lifeline to keeping up with news online. With so many content streams and topics to stay on top of - it is a simple and powerful way to break into the information […]
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Posted in RSS, usability on Jan 4th, 2007
Google enveiled an interesting feature to its RSS reader. It allows you to analyze your reading habits, if you use their RSS service.
Matt Cutts shows an example of his habits - which feeds he reads most and when. This already seems to be fueling a war for bragging rights:
“I’ve read 2000+ blog posts from 80+ […]
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Posted in blogging, online video, RSS, innovation, web on Dec 12th, 2006
In case anyone missed the past year, the reflections are starting to pour in. Read/Write Web has a great overview on the state of the online world, covering topics such as:
Social networks
RSS
Web 2.0
Google
VC money
Localization
Widgets
Online video
Blogs
…and so much more. I was surprised the word “aggregation” didn’t make the list, or “SEO.”
Perhaps its only in retrospect that […]
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Posted in blogging, online video, RSS, innovation, web on Dec 12th, 2006
In case anyone missed the past year, the reflections are starting to pour in. Read/Write Web has a great overview on the state of the online world, covering topics such as:
Social networks
RSS
Web 2.0
Google
VC money
Localization
Widgets
Online video
Blogs
…and so much more. I was surprised the word “aggregation” didn’t make the list, or “SEO.”
Perhaps its only in retrospect that […]
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Posted in RSS, innovation on Nov 30th, 2006
Steve Rubel explores what “widgets” are and how “they will drive the adoption of RSS without the user needing to know what the heck a feed is.”
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