NotesTimeline algorithms should be useful for people, not for companies. Their quality should not be evaluated in terms of how much more time people spend on a platform, but rather in terms of how well they serve their usersâ purposesFeedUnfurl
NotesHooray to Bluesky for releasing its new RSS feeds! Now anyone can now obtain an RSS feed for any Bluesky user. We've taken them for a test drive, and here's what you should know.FeedUnfurl
NotesFor this solution, I'm using Pipedream. I've blogged for years now and love it. Their free tier will support what I'm showing below so you should feel free to give it a try. There are many alternatives out there, but Pipedream has some great features that I think make it stand out. You'll see that especially in the first step below. But, keep in mind if you've already got a platform you would want to use, as long as you can handle the execution on new RSS items, you could probably just skip to the last step and copy and paste from my code.FeedUnfurl
NotesI want to add an important feature to podcasting that can only work with RSS, it canât work with Spotify, Google, Audible etc. The idea is subscribing to subscription lists, which the influencers are likely to really love because they can create networks of podcasts. And when they want to edit the list, if this is done right, the users will automatically be updated. FeedUnfurl
NotesMany users prefer to use an RSS feed reader to stay up to date with the content on the websites they visit. But if you've enabled Cloudflare on your website, you're likely blocking these RSS users from accessing your website content without realizing it.FeedUnfurl
NotesRSS basically works like social media should work. Using RSS is a chance to visit a utopian future in which the platforms have no power, and all power is vested in publishers, who get to decide what to publish, and in readers, who have total control over what they read and how, without leaking any personal information through the simple act of reading.FeedEmbedUnfurl
NotesBefore a podcast was a âpodcast,â it was⊠well, it wasnât really much of anything. A few of the early believers called them âaudio blogs,â and the journalist often credited with coining the term âpodcastâ also offered âGuerillaMediaâ as an alternative in the very same article. (And actually, thereâs plenty of debate over exactly who coined the term and when. The history of the podcast is more contentious than youâd think.)Unfurl
NotesAs blogging pioneer Dave Winerâs site turns 30, itâs a reminder that good writing and thinking has flourished beyond the reach of social mediaUnfurl
NotesThis is a tool for generating a webring from RSS feeds, so you can link to other blogs you like on your own blog. It's designed to be fairly simple and integrate with any static site generator.Unfurl
NotesHighlight:A recent update to the Apple podcast app also included a tweak to how podcast downloads work. As a podcast user youâre free to shrug and move on. But for podcast creators this could be a big deal. According to data from Podtrac, overall downloads across the industry were down 15 percent as of February. Â This American Life lost 20 percent of their downloads. Some shows at NPR saw a 30 percent dip. In this week's midweek podcast, OTM producer Molly Rosen looks at how Apple has shaped the podcast industry.
A recent update to the Apple podcast app also included a tweak to how podcast downloads work. As a podcast user you’re free to shrug and move on. But for podcast creators this could b...FeedUnfurl
NotesHighlight:Itâs just that feeds could be so much more with some love and directed care â something that could jump from a niche use case to a widespread ânormalâ part of the Web for many.
Web feeds could be so much more if we put some effort into them. This post explores some ideas of how to start.FeedUnfurl
NotesThis article will discuss my own efforts to create a simple application using Godot Engineâââspecifically an RSS reader. Itâs probably one of the more common simple applications one might create for a given frameworkâââwhich tests out things like networking, parsing, rendering, and saving preferences.Unfurl
NotesWhat we need is a digital-media version of organic food or a local farmersâ market: ethically sourced, sustainably funded, and integrity-certified, all the way from CMS up. Unfurl
NotesYou can download your Pipe definition by specifying your Pipe-ID (_id) and the output format (_out=json) to the following end-point: http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.infoUnfurl
NotesAdded all 449 "Bundles" that Google Reader provides, plus their 27 "featured bundles" from famous people, and then added some top feeds that were the result of searches for a few keywords.FeedUnfurl
NotesIt might appear like gloom and doom (actually, if it doesn't, you're not looking), but really it's a massive opportunity. Again, anyone who uses a news reader can't imagine having to live without one, yet I see the feed ecosystem slowly deteriorating with no replacement in sight. That's the opportunity, in my mind. It's not about simply mimicking Google Reader (which I would never do anyways, as I've never liked it), but about bootstrapping off the system we have today, in order to create a new type of news reader for tomorrow. The future of news readers, so to speak. ;-)FeedUnfurl
NotesInteresting historical perspective on RSS & feed readers & usenet, and a kind of depressing prediction that we're going back to the days of magazine silos.Unfurl
NotesNow, weâll be forced to fill the hole that Reader will leave behind, and thereâs no immediately obvious alternative. Weâre finally likely to see substantial innovation and competition in RSS desktop apps and sync platforms for the first time in almost a decade.FeedUnfurl
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
Notes<blockquote>A new Pew study finds news outlets using Twitter almost exclusively for one-way distribution â of their own content.</blockquote>
And this is why I only follow live human beings on Twitter, for the most part. That, and funny bots.FeedEmbedUnfurl
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
Notes<blockquote>The shareable social object of subscribe-able items makes Readerâs network unique and the answer to why change is painful for many of its users is because no obvious alternative network exists with exactly that object. The social object of Google+ isâŠnearly anything and its diffuse model is harder to evaluate or appreciate. The value of a social network seems to map proportionally to the perceived value of its main object. (Examples: sharing best-of-web links on Metafilter or sharing hi-res photos on Flickr or sharing video art on Vimeo or sharing statuses on Twitter/Facebook or sharing questions on Quora.) If you want a community with stronger ties, provide more definition to your social object.</blockquote>FeedUnfurl
NotesYesterday, I got an email from a good friend with a subject line that needed no further explanation: "Google Reader." It was sent to a group of mutual friends, bemoaning the recent changes to Reader's interface, thereby kicking off a lengthy dis...Unfurl
NotesThis page explains various methods to update feeds with tt-rss and caveats involved. You have to setup one of this methods before you can start using tt-rss properly, otherwise your feeds won't be updated.Unfurl
NotesLast night the changes to Google Reader went live, and as promised, they've removed the sharing features. This means that the sharing features in FeedDemon which rely on Google Reader will eventually stop working, so I'm forced to remove them.Unfurl
NotesOkay, so itâs not exactly Occupy Wall Street, and the cause isnât quite so dire as the recklessness of investment bankers gone wild or the government bailouts, but Google Reader is being cut off at the knees, and a number of its die-hard fans (including a few I know from Google Reader) have taken to the street to protest.FeedUnfurl
NotesWord on the street is Google Readerâs social functions, its funky community of shares and comments, and the archives of these interactions, will all be flushed down the memory hole tomorrow.FeedUnfurl
Notes One of the fascinating things about Google Reader is how each group of sharebros/Reader Partiers/Gooderioon came up with their own culture within the system, in parallel of and isolation from one another, but fundamentally similar in intent and function.Unfurl
NotesWhen Google announced last week that Google Reader, an RSS aggregator with social-networking capability, would be rolling its social features into Google+, its disappointed readers felt helpless and disenfranchised against a powerful force. Unfurl
NotesThe skies are threatening as Ryan Ellis briskly walks up I Street NW to join a small group of people who had spent the last half-hour making signs in front of Google's D.C. headquarters. "This is the most loserish protest ever!" he laughs, taking up a sign that read "GOOGLE: DON'T MARK ALL AS READ."Unfurl
NotesIn short: This sucks. Google is trying to force its very loyal Reader user base into using Google+ instead. And I donât wanna! Google Reader already works for me; itâs not broken. And Iâm not the only one whoâs pissed. In the Atlantic, Adam Clark Estes notes that âthe world is surprisingly angry about the end of Google Reader.â Of course, itâs not the whole world that cares, but primarly the âSharebrosâFeedUnfurl
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
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