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IE7, Vista and RSS: 'We will only support feeds that are well-formed XML'
In the context of discussing IE7 and Window Vista, the Microsoft RSS team declares: "We will only...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/04/2005
uber OPML
Cristian Vidmar: "Having all my content as a big OPML file I can query, transform and render, either...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/03/2005
Microsoft acquires FolderShare (for Windows Live)
I love FolderShare. I loved it before Microsoft acquired the company (I had no idea we were in...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/03/2005
Steveb live (no, that Live) Nov 7, 5pm GMT.
Steveb, live (no, that Live) Nov 7, 5pm GMT. (9:00 am Pacific Time, 6:00 pm CET (Paris, Amsterdam,...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/03/2005
10 problems with Web 2.0
Don Hinchliffe: "Now that industry leaders like Microsoft are not only taking Web 2.0 concepts very...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/03/2005
Total Recall, MyLifeBits and my API
Richard MacManus has few a suggestions on how Microsoft and Google can improve their 'Personalized...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/03/2005
He who dares, wins.
He who dares, wins. I say go for it.
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/03/2005
Customer interface
I've been wading through a lot of stuff tonight relating to Windows Live... The most original take...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/02/2005
Finding the Signal in the Noise: An Attention Gap Analysis
Jon Burke at Technology Review has written a short article that reminded me of something I've been...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/02/2005
more Windows Live stuff (pics)
Mike Torres is linking to a bunch of cool pics relating to Windows Live stuff.
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/02/2005
Higgins tells short tale of the Higgins long tail
Bill Higgins tells his short tale of the Higgins long tail.
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/02/2005
the day the great Microsoft mash-up began?
Phil Wainewright at ZDNet sees the potential in the API / Live platform: "Most intriguing of all,...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/02/2005
Windows Live Safety Center (beta) now, er, live!
BetaNews: "As one of the new Windows Live services, Microsoft has brought online a beta version of...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/02/2005
'web as a platform' and Windows Live
What a day! Had a bunch of the usual meetings but managed to get away in the morning to catch Dare...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/02/2005
Write a Gadget for Live.com and you might win an Xbox 360!
Jeff Sandquist and team have been hard at work getting microsoftgadgets.com ready for today's 'Live'...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/01/2005
Using OPML 101 - Screencast
As you might have noticed, I'm getting all excited about OPML, so I've created this OPML 101...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/01/2005
'Microsoft Needs to Say No to Web 2.0'
I simply have to have a quick rant regarding Mary Jo Foley's best anti-Web 2.0 shot: "Redmond is...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/31/2005
opmlmanager.com - I like it a lot
I want to let you know of a brand new OPML service that's gone 'tentatively live' but is worth...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/30/2005
Make Firefox Look Like Internet Explorer
Make Firefox Look Like Internet Explorer.Why? 'cause you can. (alt. reason for me: when I'm...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/30/2005
Yet another positive of having a deaf ear
Further to my ealier post providing thoughts on the bright side of being deaf in one ear, George...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/29/2005
Seattle Mind Camp OPML (Validated)
I've created my first 'OPML Validated' OPML file. Whee! Its a collection of RSS feeds I've crawled...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/29/2005
Sometimes I just don't know why things are the way they are
(Weekend rant, off topic:) Sometimes I just don't know why things are the way they are. About a...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/29/2005
recommendation systems + tagging = ?
In the first of a series of posts, Rachmi Sinha explores the progress made in the realm of...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/28/2005
ClearType improvises your accuteness at cognicating worlds
ClearType improvises your accuteness at cognicating worlds. Hear.
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/28/2005
OPML Validator - beta
Davie Winer releases a beta of OPML Validator.. "Because it's a beta, you shouldn't depend on the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/28/2005
Digg (the 'Slashdot killer') receives $2.8m
John Tintle: Today it is being reported that Internet start-up company, Digg (digg.com) has received...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/28/2005
How to Hack RSS and Atom Feeds
Useful intro article: How to Hack RSS and Atom Feeds "How To: From the ExtremeTech book, Hacking RSS...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/28/2005
Search Engine for sale on eBay ++ Update - sold for $101,000
Remember this? The search engine was was finally sold for $101,000 yesterday on eBay. Via Loren...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/28/2005
the Blogosphere in 2010
Dave Pollard crunched the numbers: "1. By 2010, the blogosphere will be read in aggregate as much as...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/28/2005
I have no idea what this means
Dan Farber: "Gartner makes a prediction that by 2015, over 100 leading companies will have made or...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/28/2005
you say 'potato', she says 'vegetable', I say 'ingredient'
Metadata is a funny thing. It is one of those topics (subjects?) that gets people to froth at the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/27/2005
Xbox 360 for Dummies
Duncan Mackenzie points to Xbox 360 for Dummies.Topics covered include hooking up Xbox 360, taking...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/27/2005
How to report splogs and RSS spam
Nicole Lee at Wired urges us all to fight the splogs and RSS spam (RSSpam?): "... for the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/27/2005
Telepathethic?
Robert Scoble made me laugh out loud today: "Tim O’Reilly is sitting next to me. For the past hour...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/27/2005
no smoke and mirrors, just 606 takes
James Torio points to a simply stunning Honda TV ad. Not new, but if you've not seen it you really...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/27/2005
Microsoft, microsoft
John Carroll: "Microsoft microsoft microsoft microsoft microsoft microsoft microsoft, microsoft...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/26/2005
'But, does the developer get it ?'
Andrew Anderson: "Like a lot of people, I am kind of sick about hearing about "Web 2.0". Between the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/26/2005
Food UI
Food UI. "the consensus was that the UI (user interface) of the food was poor."
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/25/2005
Innovation is happening again
Don Dodge (from Microsoft's Emerging Business Team): "The last 4 years have been brutal, but...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/25/2005
'a renaissance'
Chris Pirillo, I say to you, what an excellent post!: "What we're in the middle of is not a version...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/25/2005
Del.icio.us offers keyword search
Niall Kennedy: "Del.icio.us now offers keyword search for its database of annotated bookmarks. Every...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/24/2005
The world is going to blow up. Discuss.
IT Conversations: "In this keynote address from Accelerating Change 2005, Vernor Vinge discusses the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/24/2005