Library Stuff

I’m confused. Peter tells us that Eurekster is now searching blogs and that it is powered by Feedster. He even has a screen shot. But, he then mentions that he would want Eurekster and Feedster to get together in the future, which just confused me more. As far as I’ve seen, Eurekster has always searched blogs (as well as other content), so this is not new. What Peter is telling us that is new is that we can limit the results to blogs, but I don’t see this on my end (Again, see Peter’s screenshot) and I don’t see anywhere that it is powered by Feedster. No mention on the Feedster blog and no mention in Eurekster news. Anyone want to clue me in?

Michael tipped me off to a book coming out by Michael Sauers called “Blogging and RSS: A Librarian’s Handbook”. It will be out in the spring of 2005 and will be published by Information Today. I can’t wait to get my hands on a copy (hint, hint)

I have mentioned many of these tools in the past. Basically, they are very easy ways to display RSS Feeds on a page. This one happens to use Javascript. Also, as I have mentioned before, these tools run on third-party servers, so you are at the mercy of the resource. That said, some allow the users to download the code to use on their own server. Feed to Javascript allows that, which is nice. Last, for those that love CSS, this is probably the best tool for you to use. (link via Del.icio.us)

2 new additions to LS.

First, I’ve started a Furl account for my current readings about social networks, collaborative intelligence, cooperation, group work, and the like. So, if you’re into that stuff, grab the feed. My Del.icio.us account is still going strong, with mostly posts about weblogs and RSS that don’t quite fit in here.

Also, Blogger has a new feature that lets readers e-mail posts to friends. After each post, you will see an envelope. Click on that bad boy and you will be able to e-mail that post.

It’s great to be back.

Greg writes in to let me know that he has upgraded Blogdigger Groups. From his development blog:

“[T]he new version has expanded filtering support. The default view for a group is a reverse chronological listing of posts from all group members. Say you’re only interested in what one specific member of your Group is saying? Simply click on their blog name in the Group Roll, and you are presented with a filtered view of only the posts from that blog. Click another blog, and you now have posts from only those two blogs, etc. You can always return to the default view by clicking the “Include All” text at the top of your Group Roll.”

I hadn’t checked out the librarians group in a while, but it looks like it’s still going strong. I’m looking forward to more new features over at Blogdigger Groups. The next time Greg won’t have to e-mail me because I’ve subscribed to the development blog RSS Feed