While I’m thinking on the subject of common syndication feed frameworks, it occurred to me that it might be instructive to jot down some thoughts on one of the concerns at the root of my ideas for FeedReactor: Shared feed fetching, caching, and storage.
I wanted to build something that would intelligently handle all the [...]
iTunes podcasting support… I want it all, and I want it now, because it has so much potential in and of itself, and so much potential for driving podcast tuner UI into the future.
The subscriptions are listed alphabetically? Come on, let me sort them in last-updated order. And what, no OPML [...]
Hey, what do you know? The database used by Syndication.framework on OS X is accessible with SQLite 3, assumedly by virtue of Core Data. Check out this barely presentable capture of what I just did in a shell window:
[11:34:49] deusx@Caffeina2:~/Library/Syndication$ sqlite3 Database3
SQLite version 3.0.8
Enter “.help” for instructions
sqlite> .tables
Articles Sources
sqlite> .schema [...]
So, in my previous post about Microsoft’s newly announced involvement with RSS, I came to the conclusion that–at least with respect to the Simple List Extensions–the happening was more about the delivery than the deftness of the extension itself. And, well, I still consider that to be the case.
However, I definitely need [...]
So, from the sounds of things, the syndication wars have had another flare-up after the appearance of Microsoft on the scene.
Strange that all the Frequently Asked Questions about Simple List Extensions are about legal and licensing issues. I’d really like some answers to questions such as, well, “What’s this practically good for?” [...]
I just read this post on Think Secret about the new Intel-based developer Macs:
Sources have indicated that Apple will employ an EDID chip on the motherboard of Intel-based Macs that Mac OS X will look for and must handshake with first in order to boot. Such an approach, similar to hardware dongles, could [...]
So, decafbot has been an interesting experiment so far, especially for a 20 minute hack I didn’t think would actually work. So, I think I might try to keep this bot running and tinker some more.
First thing, it looks like the original Infobot is abandoned, but there’s a (slightly) more active fork named Flooterbuck. [...]
I’ve got a few longer-length blog entries building up, but a few of my semi-usual quick thoughts:
There’s a difference between “ease of use” and “ease of adoption”, isn’t there? Think vi versus MS Word. Maybe Doug Engelbart versus Jabob Nielsen? More to think about this.
So, in a collision between my speed reading [...]
