Archive for June, 2004
Google Mania
June 30th, 2004GoogleMania has created a bunch of RSS Feeds for Google News for nine countries with 8 categories within each country. Very cool, but don’t count on it being around too long. (via Del.icio.us)
RSS Feeds @ PC World
June 30th, 2004I didn’t realize how many RSS Feeds PC World has (about 20). Syndic8 only listed one. Most of them are updated daily, which is fine. Color me impressed (again, that’s a dark shade of green).
WorldCat as a first hit
June 29th, 2004I need to get a book and threw what I knew about the book into Google (I know, not the first place to look, but I was a bit rushed and figured it might help).
I was shocked to see that the first hit was a link to the WorldCat record for the book I was [...]
Another new feature at Gigalaw
June 28th, 2004Some great stuff going on at Gigalaw these days. I read in their weblog this morning that they have launched News Around the Web, which uses RSS to bring titles of articles from some top IT vendors (CNET, Wired, etc) onto one page.
Just syndicating titles hasn’t really done it for me in [...]
Ads in feeds and feedback to customers
June 28th, 2004Jenny says:
“Most people won’t take the time to provide the kind of feedback Debra did, so value it when they do. And keep the number of ads down or else we’ll unsubscribe. That is, after all, the beauty of RSS.”
This came after a long post about companies not replying from comments from their users. [...]
Jumpstart your PR blogging program
June 27th, 2004I forgot where I saw this first so please excuse the lack of citation.
Jumpstart your PR blogging program:
“At last count there were 30 or so PR-focused blogs. Most are well written, informative and rich with insightful musings on how the blogosphere is changing the rules of the PR game. But practical, how-to advice for novices [...]
State and Local Government on the Net launches a weblog
June 26th, 2004State and Local Government on the Net, which “provides convenient one-stop access to the websites of thousands of state agencies and city and county governments” recently launched a weblog.
The weblog will show “recent changes on the State and Local Government on the Net Directory (SLGN) and other sitings on the Web”.
Consider me subscribed.
RSS as a “mix tape”
June 26th, 2004I love this list from Tom Smith, but the one that grabbed my attention was
“If Blogs are the Songs, RSS is the Home-made Compilation CD”
I like that. Great title for an article. (via Full Circle)
What is ..?
June 25th, 2004What is a librarian?
What is a library?
What is RSS?
Into the Blogosphere
June 25th, 2004Into the Blogosphere:
“This online, edited collection explores discursive, visual, social, and other communicative features of weblogs. Essays analyze and critique situated cases and examples drawn from weblogs and weblog communities. Such a project requires a multidisciplinary approach, and contributions represent perspectives from Rhetoric, Communication, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Linguistics, and Education, among others.”
I’m going to have [...]
Teacher Email Updates from the Department of Education
June 25th, 2004The DOE Feed is already paying off. Today, I learned that there is a new E-mail update for teachers available:
“These email updates address hot topics from the Department’s teacher outreach and provide resources to help teachers learn about the latest policy, research and professional issues affecting the classroom.”
Of course, they could have also provided [...]
The Department of Education gets Fed
June 24th, 2004One of my new favorite weblogs, Blogs, RSS, etc, has been pointing to some great stuff lately. Today, Teri mentions that the Department of Education now supports RSS:
“ED RSS delivers headlines from ED press releases, funding opportunities, No Child Left Behind, and federal learning resources through RSS.”
Suweeeeeeeeeeeet. I’m thrilled that our federal government [...]
GigaLaw Blog
June 24th, 2004I’m not sure how I missed this, but Gigalaw launched a weblog (it’s on the main site, just scroll down a bit) in the beginning of June (There is an RSS Feed). I subscribe to their Daily News via RSS and it’s one of the first stops in my morning aggregator perusal. Now [...]
Resource and Tool Roundup
June 23rd, 2004Here are a bunch of neat tools and resources that have come into my aggregator over the past few days. I must be working with Gary too closely these days because my first thought was to create a list. Enjoy.
1) Gmail and GTray – Download this file and get updated on your desktop [...]
Customize your BBC RSS Feeds
June 23rd, 2004Hip Hip Hooray!! You can now customize feeds from the BBC with this third-party resource. You can narrow the searches to the bbc.co.uk domain, BBC News or “the web”. I’m more apt to use the BBC News tool as that is likely to get updated more often with new material. I’ll [...]
Site Redesign
June 22nd, 2004It’s time for a site redesign. I’m not a web designer so I’m asking for some help from my readers. If you would like to re-design my weblog, send me a note at stevenmcohen [at] gmail.com. The only thing that I can offer in return is a gmail account. If I [...]
FreePint Feeds
June 21st, 2004Free Pint, a must read for all librarians and information professionals has two RSS Feeds for their content. They have one for their Free Pint Bar, which is a stumpers-type resource and Student Bar, which is the same thing geared towards students.
Free pint also has feeds available for their Viva VIP service: [...]
Are Vendors Making What Librarians Want?
June 21st, 2004Interesting article from Library Journal:“Daniel Walters, executive director of the Las Vegas/Clark County Library, recently took automation vendors to task, saying that they have “fundamentally missed the business we’re in”. He asserts that vendors market products that librarians simply must make do with rather than providing the exact tools that really are needed. Serious accusations. [...]
WebGrabit
June 20th, 2004From the site:
“WebGrabit is challenging established RSS (Really Simple Syndication) as a means of effectively getting updated news and information feeds directly to users desktops.”
“RSS has recently gained a substantial following from people who want instant access to multiple sources of news and information. Widely available RSS readers allow users to access RSS feeds from [...]
Feedroll Pro
June 20th, 2004Feedroll Pro has been released.
“Feedroll Pro grew out of the original Feedroll site, which attracted many queries from publishers wanting to know how they could provide their own news feeds for easy syndication by other webmasters. Syndicating your news feed is clearly a great way to grow your presence on the web and drive traffic [...]
A Blogging magazine!
June 20th, 2004Would a Blogging Magazine fly in this specific age of technology? I definitely need to read more on the project, but it would seem to me that a print publication (which is only one of the ideas that they are throwing around) might work. I like that they are truly working out any [...]
Old Gold & Black
June 20th, 2004Old Gold & Black, the student newspaper of Wake Forest University, is now offering 5 RSS Feeds for their content. As of this writing, the feeds are broken, but I’m sure that they will get them working soon.
RSS: A Medium for Marketers
June 20th, 2004I’ve got some back-log in my drafts folder and just had some time to start posting some of the articles/resources that I have been storing. This article, RSS: A Medium for Marketers, from Jeanne Jennings, was an interesting read. She doesn’t mention web-based RSS readers (Bloglines, etc), which is strange, because they tend [...]
Happy Father’s Day!
June 20th, 2004Luddite Librarian
June 17th, 2004I’ve been getting a kick out of the Luddite Librarian. He/She has had some not-so-nice things to say about the Nex Gen Librarian and has had some other interesting comments as well:“The endless blogs, the listservs, the blog aggregators and RSS feeds, the constant one-upsmanship about whoever can be more “cutting-edge,” the endless posturing [...]
Dozomo
June 16th, 2004Dozomo “is a quick way to reach every search engine in the world! Just type the name of the search engine you want to use followed by the search term, and dozomo will take you there immediately. If you want to search quotes by Kant, type “quote Kant”. If you feel there is [...]
Jewish Bloggers
June 16th, 2004Neat! A webring of Jewish Bloggers. Oy Vey!
The Port Network
June 16th, 2004The Port Network:“ThePort Network allows any organization to extend the reach of its communications directly to the desktops of its audience. It is a proactive medium that does not rely on users to navigate to a web site or browse through e-mails in order to get the information they want. Instead, the information comes to [...]
RSS Feeds – New to me
June 16th, 2004Here is a short list of RSS Resources that have come my way over the past few days:
1) University of Toronto News Headlines – 9 Feeds
2) Hispanic Business Magazine – 1 Feed
3) Federal Computer Weekly – 1 Feed
4) Internet World – 5 Feeds
5) Gary links to two resources: eFeeds, which provides feeds from electronic journals [...]
Responses from the various vendor reps on RSS
June 15th, 2004Christina spoke to a few vendors about RSS at SLA last week. There were some mixed reactions.
I think that vendors are going to catch on sooner or later with RSS. Those that do it first are going to benefit the most: always lead in this business, never follow. More advice to library [...]
