• RSS Subscription Service Network

    Posted on January 9, 2005

    It seems like one of the major complaints that I hear most often about RSS is that it’s hard to use. Finding the XML link if there is one, choosing from multiple if there are different options, cutting and pasting the link, knowing where to put it, and dealing with... [Read More]

  • Welcome Michael Fagan

    Posted on January 8, 2005

    Michael Fagan, author of FaganFinder.com, is going to be working at Feedster for the next few months. His site is a well respected web search tool. He’s been out there interacting with people. Tweeking, tuning, and expanding his site. We’re hoping he can teach us some of the lessons he’s... [Read More]

  • Feedster and Technorati

    Posted on January 8, 2005

    One of the questions I’ve been asked by a number of people since joining Feedster is “Are Technorati and Feedster competitors?” (or “Is there a difference between Feedster and Technorati?” or something along those lines). I was going to write up something to explain my take, but it looks like... [Read More]

  • Reopening Mobile and Open

    Posted on January 6, 2005

    Howard has posted a manifesto titled Mobile and Open, so I’m going to take this chance to jump in and reframe some of the stuff I’ve said along these lines before. I think it’s a great topic, and most people misinterpret what I mean when I say that there must... [Read More]

  • Comments Working Again

    Posted on January 4, 2005

    Thanks to Grant Schofield, who informed me that there was something wonky with comments on this blog. I ended up with a typo after my last spam filtering additions. Sorry if there are others trying to comment who haven’t been able. It should be all nice and cooperative now.

  • Trying This Again

    Posted on January 4, 2005

    No Need to Click Here - I’m just claiming my feed at Feedster

  • Feedster Contest

    Posted on December 30, 2004

    I was sad to see that Niall thought that the Feedster contest didn’t go well, especially because I’ve just recently joined Feedster myself. If his sentiment is shared by a lot of others I would like to hear about it. Email me at mrowehl at feedster dot com if you... [Read More]

  • HTML Browser Bookmarks to RSS Populated OPML?

    Posted on December 29, 2004

    Fooling around a bit with the Feedster feed info API I was looking for a way to export Firefox bookmarks as OPML and then use the feed info API to fill in the feeds associated with bookmarked web pages. There’s a bookmark extension which apparently will output in XBEL. But... [Read More]

  • Continuation Based Web Programming

    Posted on December 28, 2004

    There’s a great article on continuation based web programming in general over at DeveloperWorks. I fooled around with Scheme based modal web programming earlier this year, and the model itself was really compelling. It’s nice to see an example given using popular web framework technologies.