Monthly Archives: July 2003

Dave: The number for a feed gets bumped by one every time the feed is read and it contains new content. By “read,” do you mean “downloaded by the aggregator” or “viewed by the subscriber?” In my tests with Radio, … Continue reading →

If you’re wondering why I don’t have an RSS feed, it’s because Blogger Pro still is not accepting upgrades. I’ve been begging them to take my money for over a month, but I guess it’s not green enough.

Just got back from speaking (along with Rageboy aka Chris Locke) at RMIUG. A copy of the PowerPoint is here. Everyone was clearly worried about the direction standards might take and whether/when/how Microsoft/AOL would come to dominate the space. I … Continue reading →

Is Google Evil? When it comes to blogging, some would have you think so. A raging debate about this misses the whole point. Even Google misses it, but I suspect they won’t for long.

Dave Winer is thinking out loud about developing a tool to harmonize subscriptions. Sounds awesome. While you’re developing a protocol to do this, why not include the actual RSS feeds in the equation? There currently is no way (short of … Continue reading →

Here’s my vote for press release of the year. Funny, clever and good news to boot.