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Archive for the ‘Attention’ Category

January 31st, 2007

Snap - How To Turn It Off

Is anyone else as annoyed as I am at those stupid little Snap preview balloons that are popping up everywhere? They aren’t helpful, they are annoying as…well, annoying as they can be.
Thanks to Jordan over at the Download Squad for digging up this Snap link. You have to accept their cookie but I […]

By Cathy -- 0 comments

January 29th, 2007

Vista Is Coming

In my time zone, Vista will be available in 5 hours and 30 minutes - yes some stores are opening at midnight!
If you still aren’t sure if you can run Vista, go here to run the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor. Well, run isn’t exactly the right word. You must download the advisor and […]

By Cathy -- 0 comments

January 27th, 2007

A Feed Is Born Daily News Delivery Issues

I am still getting delivery failure notices for A Feed Is Born Daily News.  Without exception they are Yahoo e-mail addresses.  I tried to sign up with my Yahoo address and didn’t get the confirmation e-mail or a delivery failure notice.  So - if you signed up with a Yahoo address and didn’t get anything, […]

By Cathy -- 0 comments

January 25th, 2007

Simply Headlines Newspaper

Those of you who signed up with a Yahoo address may not be getting the A Feed Is Born newspaper. I have been seeing a lot a delivery failure notices and they are all Yahoo addresses.
I’ve noticed other sites that have sign-ups tell people not to use a Yahoo address so I guess I’ll […]

By Cathy -- 0 comments

January 21st, 2007

b5media Public Forum Is Open

Finally - the long anticipated launch of the b5 public forums is here. Here’s what the announcement says:
The forums now have a publicly accessible area. As with our original forums, the goal here is to listen, answer questions, and allow outsiders a minor view into the fantastic community that actually makes all the magic […]

By Cathy -- 0 comments

January 17th, 2007

Netscape’s Problem

Chris Finke over at the Netscape Blog writes about a potential feed problem with feed readers that use Netscape’s DTD for RSS 0.91.  This DTD file was left out of the mix when Netscape went to its new server last weekend.
Netwscape restored the file when they discovered the problem but it will only be there […]

By Cathy -- 0 comments

January 11th, 2007

Speaking of Information Overload…

Another problem discovered. I posted about not being able to reply to comments. The culprit/savior, it seems, is Askismet. Akismet is a very valuable WordPress plug-in to catch spam. Unfortunately, it thinks I am a spammer! A confession is in order here - I’ve never spammed anyone in my entire […]

By Cathy -- 2 comments

January 10th, 2007

Feedburner/WordPress Issue

Mark on Wordpress reports that some people might be having issues with WordPress 2.0.6 and Feedburner.  WordPress 2.0.5 had the original problem and when 2.0.6 fixed that problem, another problem popped up for a different group of people.
It generally affects the serving of 304 Not Modified feeds.   I said some people so who are those […]

By Cathy -- 0 comments

January 8th, 2007

A Feed Is Born - Introduction

What a gig! Writing about what I love.
Hi - I’m Cathy Perkins, your new host at A Feed Is Born. Together we will explore everything about RSS. I am so happy to be here. This is your blog and I want us to have discussions - lots of them. Feel […]

By Cathy -- 7 comments

October 1st, 2006

Scoop: Touchstone does APML

Tomorrow the creators of Touchstone will announce a new initiative to implement a “Attention Profiling Mark-up Language” or APML. This new standard should allow users to export and use their own personal Attention Profile in much the same way that OPML allows them to export their reading lists from Feed Readers. The idea is to […]

By Vincent -- 5 comments