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May 22nd, 2008

APML made easy by NewsGator

Attention Profiling Mark-up Language or APML is an XML-based format used for capturing the likes and dislikes of person. It is said to be a more accurate way of sharing one’s attention profile. And NewsGator is now making it easier to share one’s APML to other applications [Source]. This makes things less cumbersome.
The purpose of […]

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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

October 1st, 2006

News Snacks: personal feedreader

News Snacks (from SpotBack) organizes all your feeds in one place. We’ve seen more of these feedreaders/river of news stuff, but this one looks better. You can create your own page of favorite news, just add feeds manually, import them from OPML, or use sources from Spotback Personal News. You can choose from the pre-compiled […]

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September 21st, 2006

Grazr is live

Grazr, the mini OPML browser en soon-to-be publishing platform, just launched version 1.0. Last time I wrote about it it was in Beta but now they have a fresh designed website and the grazr itself has also been updated. And like Techcrunch puts it: Grazr isn’t a mini feed reader, it’s a tool for displaying […]

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August 1st, 2006

Wizag: the next attention-service

The last months we’ve seen myFeedz, Touchstone and Attensa trying to solve Information Overload. The keyword with these services is Attention and next in line is Wizag. Wizag is an online feedreader that incorporates attention data and semantic analysis in regards to both your feeds and the larger community of Wizag users (Digg stylee). Like […]

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July 4th, 2006

OPML Icon

Next tot the standard RSS Icon we also needed a standard for OPML. Chris Pirillo has made an interesting suggestion for such a logo. Nice!

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June 28th, 2006

myFeedz beta

Today I got an invitation to the private beta for myFeedz.com. myFeedz should be a social newspaper and find what’s important from the sea of information out there and shows you what you need to read. It learns from what you like and helps you keep up with your interests.
I signed up and had […]

By Vincent -- 1 comment

June 8th, 2006

FeedCollector

Didn’t have the time to write something about FeedCollectors earlier, so this news is a bit late… FeedCollectors is a new web tool that collects and socializes feeds. No matter what type of feed (blogs, podcasts, video podcasts, or news feeds), you can add it to your own collection and start sharing. FeedCollectors is like […]

By Vincent -- 1 comment

May 28th, 2006

Validate RSS feeds and OPML files

Wanna validate your RSS or OPML but don’t know where? I got some links for you;) Try validator.opml.org for your OPML files. And if you want to validate RSS you could check out feedvalidator.org, w3.org or Dave’s validator at scripting.com. That’s all folks!

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May 26th, 2006

Reddit feedreader

Just found another feedreader which may be interesting: feeds.reddit.com. Reddit is a social service for what’s new and popular on the web (as you might know). Now they are testing this new online feedreader that keeps track of what you’ve read and haven’t read. Just like on reddit, you can vote on items you like. […]

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