Galaxy of Emptiness

Entries from January 2007

Micro-formats get Macro Attention

January 2, 2007 · No Comments

I never wanted to include current memes in my blog. I always wanted to be 2 years behind and only choose the juicy nuggets trampled by the rush to currency.

However, things do change.

Alex Fauborg’s Post on Micro-formats are thought provoking and deserve to be archived.

http://blog.mozilla.com/faaborg/2006/12/11/microformats-part-0-introduction/

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RSS for 2007

January 1, 2007 · No Comments

I’ve been quiet on this identity for a while. Long Story. For those of you who know me, you know why. I’ve been busy at a re-start (that’s a euphemism for a turn-around.)

For the next couple of months, I will ask a series of questions. Perhaps the blogosphere will answer them.

Mobile RSS

If RSS is proving to be so popular why hasn’t Mobile RSS taken off?
There are about 20 or so different mobile RSS options for a cellphone or PDA. http://allrss.com/rssreadersmobilephones.html

Yet none of these penetrate the top sites/applications according to usage data?

In case the blogosphere doesn’t reach out, I’ll answer a few.

RSS is a syndication method which is part of the HTML cross-linked experience which requires several different componensts - a destination to receive the feed, the feed, the a destination sending the feed and supporting sites. To replicate RSS adoption on mobile would require all of the above to have a bareable user experience. Or does it? He heh.

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