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OPML and the road to Attention data: Progress
Steve Gillmor informs us of Dave Winer's OPML namepace news: "Basically, I think OPML should have a...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/18/2005
Open letter to Chris Law and Paul Martino
The creators of WSFinder, a wiki-based directory of web services and APIs that people are using to...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/17/2005
Geek. meaning. captured.
When I wrote I was all geeked up, I meant it. I even bought the t-shirt. I didn't realize this pic...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/17/2005
RSS via IM - Screencast
I created this screencast to show what I meant in this post about Immedi.at.
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/17/2005
RSS via IM = immedi.at notification
Peter Brown took me aside while we both at the Seattle Mind Camp a couple of weeks ago. He asked for...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/17/2005
OPML / Attention / claret coloured fish
Cori Schlegel reflects on the conversation Kevin and I had earlier this week: "in light of Alex’s...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/16/2005
Ray has a brand new blog
Microsoft's CTO (and the man behind 'Microsoft's Web 2.0 Manifesto'), Ray Ozzie, has started his...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/16/2005
Ajax / Atlas / Virtual Earth screencast
Dan Goldfarb: "Dan has put together a very cool video tutorial for ASP.NET "Atlas" -- definitely...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/16/2005
Google Base live: I've uploaded RSS and OPML files
Ok, it is live now. I just uploaded an opml file into Google Base. I wonder what will happen. It'll...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/16/2005
APIs yesterday, APIs tomorrow
Tom Evslin provides a historical perspective on the renewed interest in APIs and looks forward to...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/16/2005
Microformats primer
Garrett Dimon has a good primer on microformats. The article provides the basics, some examples and...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/15/2005
Truveo video search. It works.
Bambi Francisco: "Search is the No. 2 activity on the Web behind e-mail. As every searcher knows,...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/15/2005
eBay APIs: Innovation without barriers
Just days after announcing its RSS news, now eBay has confirmed that it is dropping their charges...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/14/2005
Groceries via RSS
Neville Hobson picks up on Tesco's email blitzing of its customers (the UK supermarket sends around...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/14/2005
TV via RSS + Bit Torrent
Steve Rubel: "Someone has figured out a way to subscribe to TV shows on Bit Torrent and pull them...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/14/2005
Recording Skype calls, II
Pete Cashmore (hey - when do I get on your blogroll? ;-) asked what I used to record yesterday's...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/13/2005
Cookies - Half Baked?
Jay McCarthy brings up the topic of one oldest pieces of browser technology, the cookie, and...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/13/2005
Video of Xbox 360 being opened: hardcore geek porn
You know, when the video of an Xbox 360 box being unpacked from its shiny new packaging makes Digg...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/13/2005
Do not talk about GYM
#1 - The first rule of GYM is, you do not talk about GYM. #2 - The second rule of GYM is, you DO NOT...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/13/2005
dubdubdub
This is Broken: 'www' abbreviation.
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/12/2005
OPML = Attention Data, Attention Engines and Tailrank - podcast with Kevin Burton
Although we met briefly last week, Kevin Burton and I didn't manage to get enough time to discuss...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/12/2005
H2.0 and 'the party to end all parties'
It is with dubious pride that I announce that this blog has joined the new Hack 2.0 Workgroup. The...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/11/2005
Microsoft's Web 2.0 Manifesto
In case anyone is wondering whether Microsoft has been paying attention to the disruption that some...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/09/2005
Tailrank - the Attention Engine
I owe Nathan Weinberg a big thanks for pointing me to Tailrank. He describes it as "like...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/09/2005
I love the Internet because...
Her name is Kate: "I love the Internet because it is easy to share knowledge in a personal,...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/08/2005
MetaWeblog API for MSN Spaces, beta
MSN's Dare Obasanjo is inviting beta testers to the implementation of the MetaWeblog API for MSN...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/08/2005
Attention.xml, OPML, why not? ** Update
Nick Bradbury and Steve Gillmore have both picked up on my earlier call to restart the conversation...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/08/2005
'new thing on the eBay platform: RSS Feeds'
Alan Lewis, works eBay as a technical evangelist in the eBay Developers Program. He's got some good...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/08/2005
Attention.xml and OPML, why not?
Dave Wilkinson: "More thoughts on OPML - I have been thinking about one of the uses of OPML. OPML...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/08/2005
mysterious problem relating to an OPML file...can you help?
Carlos Domingo describes a mysterious problem relating to an OPML file. I met Carlos at Mind Camp -...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/08/2005
Hacking Memeorandum 101 - the screencast
It worked. I've now created screencast- Hacking Memeorandum 101 trying to explain what is going on...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/08/2005
Distributed Web Bits, or Dweebs
Robert, ICC is the International Cricket Council. Distributed Web Bits, or Dweebs (DWBs?) . Search...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/07/2005
Hacking Memeorandum 101
Tara has some advice for the Memeorandum 'star' wannabees, a 5 point plan: Get quoted saying...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/07/2005
Blogs and news are now on equal footing on Topix.net.
Blogs and news are now on equal footing on Topix.net. Quite right too. Explains why I've been seing...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/06/2005
the API police
Looks like these Speed Camera Map guys have been nabbed by the API police: John Musser has a pic of...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/06/2005
Amazon: Web 2.0 and business as usual
Om Malik got talking with some peeps from Pandora (I love what they do) and Akimbo: "The whole...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/06/2005
The information on the fish shop has been removed by Yahoo
The information on the fish shop has been removed by Yahoo.
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/06/2005
Sunday morning, some place in south Seattle
Sunday morning, some place in south Seattle. The nearest open Starbucks was around 10 miles away...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/06/2005
Robots and hip PCs
Two members of the Titan Robotics Club showed off their stuff at Seattle Mind Camp yesterday. One...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/06/2005
a session with Jeff Barr re: Amazon's Mechanical Turk. wow.
Just come out of Seattle Mind Camp session with Amazon's Jeff Barr re: Amazon's Mechanical Turk....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/06/2005
Chris Pirillo on OPML
Had a chance to speak to Chris Pirillo on the subject of OPML. Here's the video (.wmv).
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/05/2005
I'm geeked up
I'm off to the Seattle Mind Camp 'geek event' now. I have no idea if I'll be able to get online for...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/05/2005
Xbox 360 TV ad
Xbox 360 TV ad. via Inside Microsoft.
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/04/2005
Windows and Office Live: opportunities for third parties
Forrester's Charlene Li provides some food for thought regarding the Windows and Office Live and the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/04/2005