feed readers
The quiet renaissance of RSS Feeds
After a quiet decade, we’re finally seeing some innovation in the RSS space, and the old school blogger in me is delighted.
freshness
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.
Atom
RSS - the forgotten productivity tool that still works
David Yates [https://davidyat.es/2017/05/18/rss-nothing-better/]: > “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 an update, could find new updates at a glance, and didn’t
feeds
The internet's breaking (Yahoo) Pipes
The news that Yahoo is killing Yahoo Pipes [http://techcrunch.com/2015/06/04/yahoo-sunsets-yahoo-pipes-an-iftt-precursor-along-with-yahoo-maps-and-more/] has been met with more than a little mockery: > NOOOOO, NOT YAHOO PIPES! — Marco Arment (@marcoarment) June 4, 2015 [https://twitter.com/marcoarment/status/606553059540398080] (At least I assume it’s mockery. It’s
Blogging
15 million die-hard RSS aficionados
Martin Belam [http://martinbelam.com/2014/hello-world-slight-return/]: > 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 [http://reederapp.com]. He’s right in that RSS never became a mainstream means
criminals
Feedly criminally DDoSed in extortion scheme
RSS reader service Feedly has been down for most of the day [http://blog.feedly.com/2014/06/11/denial-of-service-attack/]: > 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
feed readers
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.
admin
Remember: Google Reader dies in 48 hours…
[https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2013/06/RSS-Fountain.jpg] 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
feed readers
My Google Reader replacement: Feedly
Looking for something to replace Google Reader
feeds
Building my own iPad magazine every morning
[http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/assets_c/2012/08/in-my-pocket-ipad-2720.html] 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
feeds
Google Reader: making feeds unreadable
[https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2011/11/readerrev.jpg] 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
feeds
The Times opens up (a little)
Talking of RSS [http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2011/01/rumours_of_rsss_demise_are_greatly_exagg.html] , 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 [http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/