Posted in General Thoughts, RSS on Sep 3rd, 2004 No Comments »
Users Trump Library Vendors Again!
“Everyone is (rightly) talking about Peter Rukavina's homegrown RSS
feeds for what he has checked out from his library (and new DVDs). I am
overjoyed to see this, but saddened to see that once again users are
having to route around library services because we're not providing the
service ourselves (Your Honor, the prosecution submits [...]
Posted in General Thoughts, RSS on Sep 1st, 2004 No Comments »
Feed to JavaScript - Yet Another Easy Way to Display Feeds on a Web Page
“I have mentioned many of these tools in the past. Basically, they are
very easy ways to display RSS Feeds on a page. This one happens to use
Javascript. Also, as I have mentioned before, these tools run on
third-party servers, so you are [...]
Posted in General Thoughts, RSS on Aug 9th, 2004 No Comments »
RSS CalendarBy Steven M. Cohen
I've been waiting for something like RSS Calendar to be created for a very long time. Here's the details: “RSSCalendar is an exciting new way for individuals and organizations to share their calendars with family, friends, and colleagues - utilizing the latest in “Really Simple Syndication” (RSS) technology, including RSS [...]
Posted in RSS on Jul 9th, 2004 No Comments »
bloglines: everything looks so… different Andrea's review of the new Bloglines is great. Like her I logged on this morning and wondered for a second if I was at the right site. Nifty new tools and much better ways to keep track of your stuff.
I am a big fan of bloglines because it let's me [...]
Posted in General Thoughts, RSS on Jun 30th, 2004 No Comments »
Safari RSS–Apple’s Next Generation Web Browser. “By giving its blessing to XML syndication, Apple is joining the trend of browser makers embracing Web news feeds and potentially bringing the technology to the masses. Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer Inc., previewed the company's next version of its Web browser, dubbed Safari RSS. RSS refers to [...]
Posted in RSS on Jun 23rd, 2004 No Comments »
WebGrabit.
From the site:
“WebGrabit is challenging established RSS (Really Simple Syndication) as a means of effectively getting updated news and information feeds directly to users desktops.”
Very interesting. This one is on my tools-to-try list. Of course, I can see that the one big drawback for my use is that it runs on the [...]
Posted in RSS on Jun 9th, 2004 No Comments »
RSS(sm): This fabulous new site has links to libraries using RSS/XML. The number of links here is small now but with RSS gaining popularity it is bound to grow. Even better is the fact that “the site provides a categorized registry of the library services that are delivered or provided through RSS/XML feeds.” So there [...]
Posted in RSS on Jun 8th, 2004 No Comments »
Libraries Explain RSS http://wally2.rit.edu/rss/about.html This page from the library website at Rochester Institute of Technology. It does a great job of keeping library user up to date of the latest developments in the information world. This page explains to users what RSS feeds are and how users can start utilize them. A colleague of mine [...]
Posted in RSS, Usability on May 22nd, 2004 No Comments »
Sometime last week I discovered this interesting post over at mezzoblue from November of 2003, entitled “Plugging the RSS Usability Hole“. This post discusses just how useful the little orange XML button is to our users and if we need to think about what our users do when they see it. Particularly the non-techie users. [...]
Posted in RSS on Apr 30th, 2004 No Comments »
Will RSS Readers Clog the Web?. Sure, news aggregators are handy tools, making Web surfing a breeze. But the programs are greedy little buggers that swamp websites with unwanted traffic. Something has to change, and soon. By Ryan Singel. [Wired News]
This is a fascinating news article at Wired about how newsreader traffic is transforming the [...]
