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Recency is killing the web - and we'll all lose if that happens

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Recency is killing the web - and we'll all lose if that happens

Our obsession with organising everything around the latest content may be destroying the greatest value the web holds.

RSS - the forgotten productivity tool that still works

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RSS - the forgotten productivity tool that still works

David Yates: “Damn. If only there was some system which allowed you to follow updates to blogs and websites you care about in a manner that ensured you never missed

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The internet's breaking (Yahoo) Pipes

The news that Yahoo is killing Yahoo Pipes has been met with more than a little mockery: NOOOOO, NOT YAHOO PIPES! — Marco Arment (@marcoarment) June 4, 2015 (At least I assume it’s mockery. It’s hard to tell sometimes.) It’s easy to

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15 million die-hard RSS aficionados

Martin Belam: And despite the die-hard afficianados, RSS is no longer a key content distribution channel. Of course, with some amusement, I read this in my RSS reader of choice. He’s right in that RSS never became a mainstream means of consumption (indeed,

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Feedly criminally DDoSed in extortion scheme

RSS reader service Feedly has been down for most of the day: 2:04am PST – Criminals are attacking feedly with a distributed denial of service attack (DDoS). The attacker is trying to extort us money to make it stop. We refused to give in

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That's all she read: Google Reader RIP

Google Reader last night: Google Reader this morning: You know, I thought I’d mourn, but I’m actually enjoying the revived ecosystem of apps and RSS Readers. It makes me wonder what other innovation is being stifled by Google’s dominant position.

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Remember: Google Reader dies in 48 hours…

If you’re reading this post in Google Reader – or an app that syncs with Google Reader – the you have around 48 hours to find a replacement. Google Reader dies on Monday. I’ve just written a post for NEXT Berlin outlining some options

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My Google Reader replacement: Feedly

I was on a bus in London on Friday, on my way to a meeting at City University, when I saw this tweet from my co-visitor there, Paul Bradshaw: Still haven’t settled on an RSS reader to replace #googlereader – Netvibes doesn’t seem

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Building my own iPad magazine every morning

In 2001, when I first became aware of blogging and RSS feeds, I used to speculate about magazines of the future, built of feeds which allowed you to select the reporters, reviewers and commenters that mattered to you. In recent years, I’ve used

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Google Reader: making feeds unreadable

Today has been filled with people howling in protest at the changes to Google Reader – and I just didn’t notice the difference. But then, I rarely actually log into the interface; the majority of my consumption is done using the Reeder app, which

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The Times opens up (a little)

Talking of RSS, I note than some more changes have hit everyone’s favourite paywalled enterprise, The Times online. First up, the blogs now have a free-to-air front page, and the main page is also available to view. Here’s Ruth Gledhill’s Articles

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Rumours of RSS's demise are greatly exaggerated

So, I missed that whole “RSS is dead, I tell you! Dead! DEAD!” meme that made the rounds a few weeks ago, by virtue of being on holiday. I’m glad, frankly, because attention-grabbing link bait by tech bloggers in pretty low down on

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Real Time Web Reality

A little while ago, I was flicking through feeds in Newsrack on my iPad. I chose to share an article via Twitter, in the application. I pressed send – and saw the Tweet pop up immediately in Seesmic Desktop II on my work Dell laptop,

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Afternoon Coffee Reading - 9th March 2010

Let’s start with something that’s as much a public information message for the blogosphere as a link: [Why Blog and Comment Spam isn’t Going Away](http://www.yelvington.com/content/why-blog-and-comment-spam-isnt-going-away)Onwards to linkorama:- [News has become a social experience]

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What's Hot in my Feed Reader Right Now?

![news:rewired fever](http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/assets_c/2010/01/Screen shot 2010-01-19 at 16.37.19-thumb-500x209-1573.png) Not bad after 5 days…