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Archive for February 2007

February 17th, 2007

Lists of Feeds

Sharon Housely over at Online Marketing Tips is writing about Tips for Locating Niche RSS Feeds. This is a list of lists (what?) that is a really good idea.
If you are interested in the Law, check http://www.blawg.org for a list of blogs dealing with law stuff.
If you are a sports fan, check […]

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February 17th, 2007

Adobe Enters The RSS Fray

Amit Agarwal over at Digital Inspiration reports that Adobe has introduced its feedreader call myFeedz. Here’s what he has to say about it:
Unlike other web based RSS readers like Google Reader or Bloglines, myFeeds tries to learn from what you read regularly and accordingly displays news items / blog posts that might be of […]

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February 16th, 2007

Web 2.0 - What Is It Anyway?

What is Web 2.0? Does anyone really know? Is it a thing? Is it a concept? I think is a ‘mash’ of both. <G> People are always inventing new ways to use things. The same is happening with the web. It is evolving as we are evolving […]

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February 15th, 2007

A Feed Is Born Announcement

There is a new feature here at A Feed Is Born. Today is roll-out day for the new RSS Article Directory. This directory will feature the best articles on the web about RSS.
To start, there are two articles in the directory but more will be added almost daily. Be sure to check […]

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February 15th, 2007

Interesting - Yahoo! Pipes and The Web As Database

Alex Iskold over at Read/Write Web has an interesting take on Yahoo Pipes. He sees a parallel between the relational databases in the 90’s and the web of today. Databases have fields and views that can be queried and re-mixed to display any result you are looking for. Isn’t that what the […]

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February 14th, 2007

The ChapStick USB Flash Drive

This has nothing to do with RSS or feeds. It might be classified as information overload but it’s too cool for that.
Andrew over at The Machinest made a very cool gadget. He put a USB flash drive in a tube of ChapStik. I want to know how he got all the ChapStick […]

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February 14th, 2007

Google: What Were They Thinking?

This is what you’ll see if you try a Google (oops - I mean a Googe) search today.
Will this name become a household word? “Just Googe it.”
Uhh - Google, this is Valentine’s day, not April Fool’s day!

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February 14th, 2007

b5media Channel Feeds And More

Now you can stay up to date with your favorite b5media channels by subscribing to the channel feed. Imagine having all the information from an entire channel at your fingertips! What could be better?
There are other b5 things going on too which I’ll mention here.
Visit the b5 home page to find out what’s available at […]

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February 13th, 2007

Take A Break For Some Fun

Just for fun - how fast can you type? Here’s a cool test to see. Post your results in comments!

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February 13th, 2007

More on Yahoo Pipes

Stan Schroeder over at franticindustries has an interesting and educational article about Yahoo Pipes.
He’s impressed with Pipes, but offers this:
Unfortunately, there’s still a hefty number of bugs, and some features are sorely lacking (experienced coders will probably be most annoyed by being forced at working in a visual environment and not being able to look […]

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