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Walt's new issue came religiously into my aggregator this evening just as I was about to go to sleep. I glanced through its contents (which I will print out this weekend and read diligently through, as usual) and happened upon his mention of the RSS Feed that I created for him few months back. Walt writes:
"Clicking on the link should bring up the PDF for the new issue, with a feed appearing each time I add an issue to the “all issues” index."
Not quite correct Walt, but we RSS people appreciate the effort. Actually, when you click on the link, you will get an ugly XML document that you need to then plug into your news aggregator of choice. Once your reader reads the feed you can then click on the link and your new issue will appear. You only need to add the feed to your aggregator once. After that, whenever Walt creates a new issue of C&I, and publishes it on his site, it will automatically appear in your aggregator.
I have since unsubscribed to Walt's publication via e-mail (for obvious reasons) and have almost completely wiped my professional reading clear from my electronic inbox. I get around 4-5 electronic mail messages per day (minus the spam, of course). The only e-mail that I get that is worth reading is from colleagues, acquaintances, and friends.
Posted by Steven at July 25, 2003 11:13 PM | TrackBackYeah, well, since I don't use RSS, it's hardly surprising that I don't understand it very well.
I'll run a correction next month.
Geez, if I got rid of the lists I subscribe to, spam would be 95% of my email each morning, instead of the 60% it is now...
Posted by: Walt Crawford on July 26, 2003 09:56 AMI agree with Walt - I like having library emails to break up the viagra/pr0n/free degrees/investment spam I get.
Will email lists go the way of the dodo? Will collaborative RSS and linkbacks take their place? Email as a whole seems to be more and more unusable every day, I wouldn't be surprised if email itself dies within the next couple of years.
Posted by: Fiona on July 27, 2003 09:13 PM