Background
The first RSS aggregator developed at UserLand was called My.UserLand.Com. It was a centralized application, like Bloglines or My.Yahoo. It first shipped in 1999, alongside My.Netscape.Com, which took a different approach. These two web services helped bootstrap the syndication market as it exists today.
Radio 8, which shipped in early 2002, included an enhanced version [...]
Archive for December, 2005
29 Dec
Why I’m working on an aggregator
29 Dec
Candid account of where New Orleans is at
Via email from a correspondent who wishes to remain anonymous.
“Everything from insurance to utilities costs more in New Orleans. For the moment, even regular food jobs pay more because there is a dearth of employees. However the word is glum on the corporate side. Corporate USA seems unsure about when and [...]
28 Dec
I’ll be in Cambridge, January 2-7
I’ll be in Cambridge, January 2-7; staying near MIT, visiting friends, doing business. Maybe we should do a geek dinner or a classroom-style discussion?
Weather for Cambridge. Google map. Yahoo map. Subway map.
27 Dec
CES 2006
Doc Searls is looking for a hotel room in Las Vegas for CES, January 5-8.
There are rooms available on Expedia, but the rates are unbelievable.
I was thinking it might be fun, but then I remembered what it’s like. Long lines for cabs. Miles of aisles. Aching feet.
I wonder if there will be any [...]
24 Dec
The Night Before Christmas
Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the houseNot a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,In hopes that St Nicholas soon would be there.
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads.And mamma in her ‘kerchief, and I [...]
23 Dec
2006 predictions
1. Apple will ship two generations of iPods. The first new generation, released in April, will have a satellite receiver built-in. The second will have a low-power FM transmitter built-in.
2. Jason Calacanis will stay at AOL though Easter 2006, and then will resign to spend more time with his family. They are good people, but [...]
19 Dec
More than a common export format
As discussed in the comments of the previous post on this subject, a commonly supported export format is an important first step, but it is not enough. Here’s what else is needed.
1. The export must be automatic. It must be done by the software, and kept up to date. The user must not be required [...]
17 Dec
Interop between blogging tools
I’ve been reading lots of reports about the current TypePad outage, but while the outage is still going on, I don’t want to appear to interfere. I remember how awful it was to have popular bloggers jumping on my case when I last had a big outage.
This time, after the outage is cleared, we [...]
16 Dec
New Orleans Notes
A summary of the Scripting News posts about New Orleans.
1. On the flight from Atlanta to New Orleans I did a 50-minute podcast with Janet, a woman who lost her house and all her posessions in the Lakeview section of New Orleans. It might be the best MCN so far.
2. New Orleans Coffee Notes. An [...]
11 Dec
wordPress.root version 0.3
0. How to install.
Launch the OPML Editor.
Choose Update opml.root from the File menu in the OPML Editor app.
Then follow the instructions on the support site to download and install the new wordPress.root, and
Come back here to review the change notes, following.
1. New icons from Steve Kirks. Done.
With help from members of the [...]
