Ping-o-Matic
Why don’t more people talk about how important services like Ping-o-Matic are? Maybe they do and I just miss it. In any event it has just this minute struck me what an increasingly crucial role centralized ping servers are likely to play.
When you think about what Technorati has over Google it all comes down to [...]
It’s official…we’re homeward bound
After a bit of HR wrangling, I am stoked to officially have a new job. It is a global management role back working on B2B enterprise ebiz applications (Global eBusiness Manager)…Recently I have been involved in some short term projects, so it feels good to have a longer term role again and something specifically in [...]
1 click feed subscriptions
The FeedForm idea wasn’t a very good one…mostly because it unnecessarily subverts the url. Still I like the 1-click-subscription idea and Jason Brome’s Quicksub is great for that…So, with a little help from my friends and some tinkering, I give you 1clicksub.com.
Podrolling
I want a web based podcast aggregator, but with a few extra features…
I want to browse a directory (populated via opml from ipodder.org) and sample podcasts (with an inline player something like this), save podcast feeds to my personal aggregator, from which I can add individual podcasts to a personal channel (my own custom RSS [...]
Email nightmares
Ack! Somehow the VPS that hosts this blog and my personal mail server (coxhead.net) has developed some nasty problems which mean no email is getting through. I am working with the server support folks to fix it, but if you need to get hold of me in the immediate future try my gmail address (charlesdotcoxheadatgmaildotcom).
UPDATE: [...]
I wonder what Mr Calcanis thinks?
I wonder what Jason Calcanis thinks of this interview (about RSS, blogs and advertising/marketing) given by WIN blogger, Paul Chaney.
Paul wants the “transparency police” to cut bloggers some slack. Jason has been arguably the most outspoken supporter of higher blog ethics.
UPDATE: Jason continues to play the watchdog role.
Day of firsts
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Flynn’s first bike ride, originally uploaded by Charles.
Flynn had a big day today (and has hardly slept!).
This morning he had his first swimming lesson at the St Kilda Swimming Pool. It was cool fun [...]
More on The Gillmor Gang on RSS and Blogging
My last post inspired by the Gillmore Gang session last week prompted a few comments worth noting…
Stephen O’Grady of Redmonk is on the same page, and rightly defended the Gang by pointing out the nature of the beast, ie. it is a live recorded chat, not a conference presentation…and he’s right. It is an interesting [...]
The Gillmor Gang on RSS and Content Business
Richard MacManus prompted me to get back into ITConversations after a break from it over the summer holidays (I live downunder). Specifically I was dying to check out the recent Gillmor Gang with guests Rafat Ali and Stephen O’Grady which was all about blogs and RSS.
It started out well, but quickly became pretty frustrating to [...]