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Wednesday, April 16, 2003
Hitting the road
Transportation is too slow and the US is too big. I'm heading home to visit my parents for Passover, but I'm not looking forward to the 7.5 hours of driving each way. I suppose I could fly but I'm also too poor. :)
8:50:59 AM    

Managing RSS Subscriptions

Mark Canter writes:

instead of me having to maintain separate OPML files for all of my parsing applications, programmers should start enabling the user to dynamically load feeds from a centralized (local or remote) OPML file. C'mon folks - let's get smart with this stuff. I understand the need to maintain a proprietary database for the program in question, but your app shouldn't require me to maintain separate feed subscriptions. I'm not a programmer - I'm a user. And damnit, why can't "you" help make OPML smarter and more convenient for me?...

I agree with Mark here.  Having a centralized mySubscriptions.opml file would also help expand the reach of my blogsearch tool.


8:31:44 AM    

Types of Links

Seth Gordon has written a well recieved overview of the state of the art in links.

Seth break it down into six kinds of relationships:

  1. uses / used-by
  2. includes / part-of
  3. made / made-by
  4. describes / described-by
  5. background / detail
  6. similar-to / other

need to read this.

via → Marc's Voice → Joho the Blog → Seth Gordon


8:20:05 AM    


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