Archive for June, 2004
A few Weblog/RSS Resources
June 3rd, 2004I saw these three throughout the day and though that they were worth mentioning:1) RSSbot - “rssbot is a RSS aggregating news delivery system written in Perl. It uses the POE framework to check registered urls at specified intervals and report live updates via IRC, IM (Yahoo, AOL/ICQ, MSN), e-mail, etc.”2) Feedmania (Spanish) - This [...]
More from Blogsnow
June 3rd, 2004Blogsnow has added yet another topic: urban myths, which lists the most popular links from Snopes. The database is updated daily. There is also a page of new weblogs, updated very frequently. FYI, look for an interview with Blogsnow creator Andreas Wacker within the next week…
Housekeeping
June 3rd, 2004Just a few notes:1) I am now an official contributing editor at Resourceshelf. I’m thrilled to be working with Gary (and Shirl) everyday compiling news, new databases, and other LIS-related information for RS readers.2) There has been a lot of news regarding RSS and weblogs over the past week. I’ve been reading it [...]
Scotsman.com RSS Feeds
June 3rd, 2004The Scotsman has a huge list of RSS feeds, broken down into easy to use categories. This is the way to do RSS feeds for online newspapers. They also have Atom and JavaScript. Last, they have two OPML feeds. Wow!!
LISFeeds: Back In Action
June 2nd, 2004Blake mentions that LISFeeds is back up and running. Hip Hip Hooray!! Now, it’s time to brainstorm for version 3.0…
Blogs Speak!
June 2nd, 2004Walt did a study a few months back about library blogs that don’t get updated and just sit there, taking up space. In this article from PC Magazine, the author talks about why this happens:“New blogs, which are appearing faster than books or articles, have an even worse track record. There are very few [...]
Fine-Tuning Your Filter for Online Information
June 2nd, 2004I had to get to the end of this NYT article on RSS to find a good quote:“As more sites adopt R.S.S., there is the potential for a new kind of information overload. Subscribe to enough R.S.S. feeds and you’ll quickly find yourself consuming hours reading all the headlines and summaries. On the other hand, [...]
News around the Web [Beta]
June 1st, 2004From the The Guardian Weblog:“CNet News.com is testing a news service that automatically generates lists of news stories either about specific firms or popular topics. The list of companies stretches from 3Com to Yahoo, while topics range from Application Integration to Wireless. The stories are drawn from the usual sources — such as eWeek and [...]
PDF zone launches RSS feeds
June 1st, 2004PDF Zone, one of the more popular PDF sites, has launched RSS feeds for its content. Although, the user has to jump through a few hoops in order to gain access to the feeds. Whatever happened to really simple syndication? Sheesh!!
Byliner
June 1st, 2004“Byliner allows you to keep up-to-date with your favourite writers. You can set up a personal list of writers and Byliner will look out for new articles by them. You can be sent daily or weekly emails containing links to these articles, or you can simply return here and they’ll be waiting for you on [...]