NotesBut this screenshot right here of the Financial Times site posting a Cory Doctorow article about enshittification is a work of art. Yes, weâve proven that quality news needs to be paid. Yes, subscriptions are a good way to do that. And yes, cookies do often keep your computer secure. But putting an article on enshittification behind both a paywall and a giant cookie management dialog asking you to accept cookies from FT and their 27 technology partners? Chefâs kiss right there.FeedEmbedUnfurl
NotesIn a speech in 2002, Crichton coined the term Gell-Mann amnesia effect to describe the phenomenon of experts reading articles within their fields of expertise and finding them to be error-ridden and full of misunderstanding, but seemingly forgetting those experiences when reading articles in the same publications written on topics outside of their fields of expertise, which they believe to be credible. He explained that he had chosen the name ironically, because he had once discussed the effect with physicist Murray Gell-Mann, "and by dropping a famous name I imply greater importance to myself, and to the effect, than it would otherwise have."FeedUnfurl
NotesAnd she worried that if the Senate does not take Dr. Blaseyâs allegations seriously, it will reaffirm the idea that âboys will be boys,â and teach a dangerous lesson to teenagers today.Unfurl
NotesWell, no, not really. Because in the past the user only had to decide whether to share something they just read, but now they have to think about every single article before they even read it. If I read this article, then everyone will know I read it, and do I really want people to know I read it?Unfurl
NotesThe Atlantic noticed that the New York Times updated its internal hyperlinks and allowed for special commands for more user control. Similar to cuing YouTube videos at a specific point, special code can be added at the end of URLs to link to or highlight specific paragraphs and sentences. Intended for bloggers to underscore certain passages, it's still a nifty trick for sharing excerpts between day-to-day readers.Unfurl
NotesRight now, Daveâs working on a âmagnificent symphony of softwareâ â itâs the communication system he wants to use. It involves a minimal blogging tool with only RSS output (plus a dongle that will push the RSS to twitter, etc), a âRiver of Newsâ aggregator, and an overarching tool for creating content that can be picked apart and included on other platforms.Unfurl
NotesThe news agency issued the warning after members of its staff tweeted that they had been arrested at the Occupy Wall Street camp in Manhattan.Unfurl
NotesJust as /Library is now hidden from an OS X Lion user, and just as the iOS platform is locked down and sandboxed, RSS is simply dropping off into the background. Content is being syndicated and aggregated just as before. Perhaps even more so than in the past. Virtually everyone with a Facebook, Google+, or Twitter account follows a news-providing entity. Those entities share content feeds. Those content feeds are generally derived from the XML and Atom feeds that comprise the RSS.EmbedUnfurl
NotesAs with any new technology developing in the open, RSS was constantly evolving, with competing flavors, and it was proving difficult to settle on one single standard. Until, that is, Dave approached Martin Nisenholtz about getting The New York Times content pulled into RSS.FeedEmbedUnfurl
Notes This is essential. There were several feeds that I subscribed to from individuals that were an absolutely vital part of my informational flow. Now, I no longer have access to those feeds. Instead, Google hopes that I'll watch those same people in Google+ to see what they share publicly. Only these were private feeds meant pretty much only for me. In the 36 hours or so that I've been using the new Reader, I've been unable to access these feeds or find alternatives that are as easy to use. Unfurl
NotesAnd that is exactly whatâs bugging me about the death of Reader Share. It was an info pantry, not a colanderâa place well stocked with nourishing brain food. I followed a number of people who had demonstrated, day after day, a sharp eye for items worth my time. Every time I clicked that âpeople you followâ link to see what theyâd shared, I could count on learning something.EmbedUnfurl
NotesWe users had been warned for weeks that a redesign of the popular (and free) RSS reader was in the making, so the appearance of a new version didnât come as a shock. The only shock was how terrible the new version is. It subverts usersâ needs in favor of Googleâs. The company wants to fight Facebook with a uniform interface for its free suite of servicesâwhich also includes Gmail, Calendar, and Docsâthat will encourage sharing of content on its newish social-networking product, Google+. But in making the whole Google product line visually consistent, the company has crippled one of its best offerings.Unfurl
NotesBut for people who used Google Reader's sharing features, the upgrade is a big loss, for all intents and purposes ruining that aspect of Reader. The old sharing methods have been totally supplanted with Google+ tools, which, quality aside, are too different to satisfy the same needs. I'm going to dive into the nitty-gritty here, so consider yourself warned.FeedUnfurl
NotesEven before Google unveiled it's changes to Reader, it did not care what users thought. In the first blog post announcing the changes, Google said, "We recognize, however, that some of you may feel like the product is no longer for you." As a nice gesture, Google gave people tools for transferring their feeds and social data to other RSS aggregators, but the point was clear: You don't have to like what we're about to do. FeedUnfurl
NotesGoogle released the previously announced set of changes around G+ integration and UI updates today, and boy is it a disaster. Since the general changes were pre-announced last week, most of us were prepared for the letdown, but actually seeing how it works end to end has made several flaws abundantly clear. Let's start with the obvious.Unfurl
NotesWould you rather have 40 hours of video per year from 5 sources - or 30 hours of video PER EFFING MINUTE from millions of sources? Which advances culture more?Unfurl
Notes"A tribute to "fair use" and the AP's misguided crusade against the hyperlink. All content on this site was generated automatically from the AP's own RSS feeds. (Sorry, we forgot to include your magic DRM beans.) â„"Unfurl
NotesJust like Troopergate, she counts on morons to just believe without question or follow-up. So tired of the exploitation of fear and willful ignorance. "Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, in a campaign appearance Sunday, criticized comments about coal technology that Sen. Barack Obama made to The Chronicle editorial board in January, and suggested that the newspaper withheld the information from the public - even though the interview has been posted on the newspaper's Web site since it was given."Unfurl