For those of you getting into the RSS feed thing (and for those of you who haven’t, a question: why not?) here’s another newsreader: Abilon from ActiveRefresh. RSS feeds are a way to pump content from websites that regularly update, such as news sites, or blogs like this one, and newsreaders are one way to receive… Read More »
Here’s an interesting, thorough look by Steve Outing at the problem of email as a form of publishing and how RSS feeds are likely to be the way forward. Makes you realise the extent of the damage wrought by spam.
For those of you who haven’t tried RSS feed, I’d suggest it’s a great way to subscribe to newletters without too much hassle. But where is RSS going to go? PaidContent.org, the award-winning independent news blog, has launched its RSS version, reports Poynter.org. The feed will include ads, prompting the question: when will we see spam… Read More »
Here’s another way to get your daily dose of blogs, news and RSS feeds (blogs that dripfeed their way through to your desktop without you having to do anything). NewsMonster is “a news, weblog, and RSS aggregator that runs directly in your web browser.” “NewsMonster offers a superior web experience and outstanding integration… Read More »
From the Just When You Thought You’d Found A Corner Of The Net That Was Touchy Feely Dept comes a story of egos, politics and money. Paul Festa of CNET News.com writes a great piece about an increasingly acrimonius dispute about blogging, or more accurately Really Simple Syndication (RSS), a technology widely used to syndicate… Read More »