RSS is merely a delivery vehicle. RSS doesn’t need to deliver news or even timely content. RSS is merely an alternative to using a browser, if that will help you visualize it. In order for RSS to work most effectively, there needs to be an engine behind it, supporting the markup of the XML file, and doing all of the enclosing.
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1 Comment » Posted on August 7th, 2007 by Abraham Harrison
Lots of great news coming from Faraday Media, “Faraday Media will today launch a new sidebar based version of attention management tool Particls, as well as a new attention platform Engagd.” Via Mashable and TechCrunch.
I am on an assignment to help a Huge Financial Services Firm’s Innovations Guru realize his amazing vision of info-sharing content through his company using attention data. Tristan Roy and Bronwen Clune both recommended I meet Chris Saad of Particls. I installed it and didn’t grok it right away. This morning, I saw Chris on Skype and he removed the scales from my eyes. Download Particls now!
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7 Comments » Posted on July 24th, 2007 by Chris Abraham
I am in the middle of preparing for a brown bag I am giving today to the gang at AOL. The course name is “What is RSS? And How can it change my life?” The teaser is “Have you heard of RSS? It’s part of the Web 2.0 phenomenon that is changing the way to people search and use the Internet. Stop by and learn more about RSS and how it can change your life!”
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No Comments » Posted on May 28th, 2007 by Chris Abraham
Search Engine Land echoes something I said today while offering AOL an brown bag on RSS, “reliance on search and time spent with search may diminish as RSS feeds and other structured content delivery mechanisms are adopted by users.” Spiders and bots are just sophisticated web scrapers. RSS offers better ways of looking at content. Read more…
No Comments » Posted on May 27th, 2007 by Chris Abraham
You know how to find all of the cool RSS and ATOM “Add Me” buttons. A cinch. But, what about the link codes? Well, I was able to collect all the link codes for you, do here you go, you little whippersnapper! Enjoy!
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No Comments » Posted on May 27th, 2007 by Chris Abraham