Archive for August, 2004
RSSknip
August 5th, 2004RSSknip: “RSSknip is a subscription service that tracks keywords in all known RSS news feeds. Every time RSSknip finds your personal selection of keywords in new text the results are filtered immediately and delivered by e-mail according to your wishes. You don’t need to understand or install RSS readers and keep track of new RSS [...]
More Nature RSS Feeds
August 5th, 2004I received two e-mails today (one from David Bigwood and the other from Tony Hammond from Nature Publishing Group) with news of more Nature RSS Feeds. NPG has consistently been on the forefront of getting their content to their users in numerous ways. They are also great on the phone. Once I [...]
Link Dump
August 4th, 2004I think this may become a weekly event. Here we go:
1) Messaging Tool Taps Social Nets - “If your friends and colleagues don’t know the answer to a given question, they often know of a better person to ask. Several teams of researchers are looking to the fast, easy communication of the Internet in [...]
Business.Updates.Com
August 2nd, 2004CNet is working on yet another company news portal, which can be found in beta at Business.Updates.Com. It features 14 topics and 12 companies, each with its own RSS Feed. It also features New Stories Added, New Blog Entries, and New Press Releases (all three have RSS Feeds as well). There is [...]
Answerbag
August 2nd, 2004Answerbag - “Answerbag is a compilation of human knowledge and experience. It is a universal, user-generated set of frequently-asked questions (FAQs). It is built and policed by its users, a worldwide information community that is working together to make Answerbag an authoritative collection of questions and answers on any topic relevant today.”
I’ve been into social [...]
Forbes RSS Feeds
August 2nd, 2004Are these Forbes RSS Feeds new? I haven’t seen them in the past and they are not listed on Syndic8, so I’ll assume that they are new(ish). They have 39 feeds. I like that they are broken down into sub-categories and that the user can choose to subscribe to the main topic [...]
The extremely low cost of hosting LISNews
August 1st, 2004Blake mentions that LISNews is saved for another year of hosting on the server, thanks to the generous monetary donations and Google-ad clicks from the LISNews readership. The question now becomes, what happens after a year is up? Blake offers some possible solutions:
“I can ditch LISNews all together. I’ve had a good run, [...]
RSS Calendar
August 1st, 2004I’ve been waiting for something like RSS Calendar to be created for a very long time. Here’s the details:
“RSSCalendar is an exciting new way for individuals and organizations to share their calendars with family, friends, and colleagues - utilizing the latest in “Really Simple Syndication” (RSS) technology, including RSS channel creation and aggregation. Not [...]