Category: RSS

  • My week in media

    A meme started doing the rounds among some mainstream media types last August on what some people do and read online. I hadn’t seen it until a post by Drew Benvie included me among those he tagged. So in the…

  • Is Google Feedfetcher the culprit?

    A tweet from Marjolein Hoekstra about a sudden 45 percent drop in subscribers to her RSS feed led me to check the subscriber stats for my RSS feed at Feedburner. Sure enough, it shows a drop of about 35 percent…

  • The trouble with RSS and feed validation

    RSS is one of the most useful communication tools ever invented. Having a tool that automatically brings you information you’re interested in as soon as that information is published on the web has a terrific productivity benefit. No hunting and…

  • Right to the heart of full-content RSS feeds

    If you offer an RSS feed from your website or blog that isn’t the full content, here’s something for you to think about. Like many people, I’m an RSS creative-consumer. That means I read almost everything of interest to me…

  • From cheating and lying to betterment

    One of the great things about RSS readers, and FeedDemon in particular, is how they enable you to see what’s going on in your areas of interest easily and quickly. So in the space of 20 minutes or so this…