2004 December

The truth is, folks, there is more to RSS than many of us give the syndication format credit for. Don’t take my word for it though. No, instead take a look at this report that does a better job describing the RSS phenomenon than I ever could.

Technology that enables the written word to be spoken. Certainly not the newest thing on the block I guess. After all, Bell labs has done it for quite some time with mixed results, in my opinion.
Well there is a new kid on the block in the world of ‘audio blogging’ and it is called FeedSpeaker. […]

Many people have argued a very important fact with me over the course of this past year. Well, I have said it once and I will say it again. In order for RSS to truly reach the masses, we must break free from standalone aggregators. Well, the following program is pretty close to proving my […]

Spice up RSS links with FeedForAll’s customizable RSS buttons. Bright and colorful graphics have long been used to raise the visibility of an RSS feed on a website. NotePage has made a free online RSS graphic tool available that allows users to quickly customize buttons by selecting the text on the button, and the color […]

Jobs are a tricky thing to monitor when snoozing on the couch, watching the TV or even when out on an interview. Lucky for us, we have RSS to help us with the task of staying up to date. Yes, even the job market has such an item thanks to the inventive minds at RSS […]

Man, it seems like everybody and their brother is getting into the RSS feed creation side of the tech industry. One of the latest ideas to hit the market is called My RSS Creator. Designed to be so simple that just about anyone can do it, My RSS Creator allows you to create your very […]

Alright, the front page of this document say that RSS Genesis, basically a PHP class, is an easy way to generate RSS feeds. I believe that yes, as PHP classes go, this is easier than most.
But those of you who are still not sure you are ready to take something like this on might just […]

iUpload has just released the beta version of its new online personal publishing system, iUplog. Half personal CMS, half blog, the iUpload solution brings together some of the best features found in the top mainstream solutions from Blogger, Movable Type, Typepad and MSN Spaces.

If you are someone who enjoys staying up to date on the latest movies in the theaters, coming out on DVD or just what the latest reviews are, then you need to check out Movies.com.
Using their provided RSS feeds, the user can stay updated without having to scour their site or other Websites that are […]

Looking to add a description to your uploaded files, with just a twist of XML? Then perhaps 01Files.com is the tool that you need to get the job done. As RSS continues to trailblaze its way through the Internet, it is always a pleasure to see services like 01Files.com popping up to heed the call […]

Rok Hrastnik has done his homework well. Rok has used, tested, experimented, stretched, and asked everything he could about RSS.

Chris, myself and a number of others have expressed our belief in and support for RSS as a method of getting content from the Web to your desktop. While it has maintained a high level of growth, the average Joe has not completely jumped on board yet.
Still, people like Fergus Burns, CEO of Nooked, believe […]

Just for the sake of retro-gnoming, I thought it might be fun to whip up a fresh batch of ‘RSS-batter’ for all of the RSS rabid gnomies out there. After giving it about 10 minutes worth of thought, I decided that I would examine the reason why some people are open to embracing RSS while […]

Folks, RSS is here to stay. Don’t think anyone is going to argue this. But sometimes frustrations arise ranging from specifications to getting something together simple enough that anyone can use it right out of the box.
This article from ZDNet addresses a number of issues and concerns from the RSS arena. While some of the […]

If you don’t know yet about it, let me tell you that my favourite Web-based discussion service has just added RSS to its killer set of free features.
No ads, no tricks. This is Good stuff.
A single-topic web forum that’s also fully email-enabled. You can start a topic in ten seconds, and participants can use just […]

Ellen Finkelstein writes on Robin Good’s Master New media:
I can’t believe it.
I’m writing a book on RSS feeds, and as a result, I’m doing a lot of research on RSS. The book will be called Syndicating Web Sites with RSS Feeds For Dummies and it’s for a non-technical audience - for non-programmers.
I’m up to a […]

Here is a tool that lets you create and manage all of your RSS feeds in one place. It allows you to organize your RSS feeds into categories or create composite feeds using labels and it makes possible the distribution of documents such as PDF, MS Word or multimedia files via attachments/enclosures.
There are quite a […]

Roland Tanglao has done it again.
Thanks to the excellent free services provided by PubSub, Roland has taken the time to spell out for the novice and the expert alike how to track your name, URL and related keywords.

So, I’m sitting here, watching The Librarian: Quest for the Spear on TNT. The main character, Flynn, played by Noah Wyle, is interviewing for a job as “The Librarian.” When asked about what he knows, the guy rambles off a series of seemingly-random information manipulation skills - inclduing knowledge of the Dewey Decimal system, how […]

The U.S. government is normally the last part of American society to adopt the latest technology, but they are now starting to get on the RSS bandwagon. The National Agricultural Statistics Service began offering RSS feeds for some of its news in early November, the latest sign that RSS technology is being embraced by […]