Comments on: Time-release Syndication http://decafbad.com/blog/2005/10/20/time-release-syndication It's all spinning wheels and self-doubt until the first pot of coffee. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:03:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-beta3-9771 hourly 1 By: Pete Prodoehl http://decafbad.com/blog/2005/10/20/time-release-syndication/comment-page-1#comment-2598 Pete Prodoehl Fri, 21 Oct 2005 17:14:17 +0000 http://decafbad.com/blog/?p=740#comment-2598 <p>Delta Park Project is a podcast that provides you with your own RSS feed url. I'm not exactly sure what they do with it, but for now I trust them not to do any evil.</p> Delta Park Project is a podcast that provides you with your own RSS feed url. I’m not exactly sure what they do with it, but for now I trust them not to do any evil.

]]> By: l.m.orchard http://decafbad.com/blog/2005/10/20/time-release-syndication/comment-page-1#comment-2595 l.m.orchard Fri, 21 Oct 2005 10:54:22 +0000 http://decafbad.com/blog/?p=740#comment-2595 <p>@Kellan: Heh, I thought that one was kinda silly, but neat... It's in my subscription list.</p> <p>@Martin: D'oh, that's right. Even podcasts are being heard via shared aggregators now like Odeo.</p> @Kellan: Heh, I thought that one was kinda silly, but neat… It’s in my subscription list.

@Martin: D’oh, that’s right. Even podcasts are being heard via shared aggregators now like Odeo.

]]> By: Martin Atkins http://decafbad.com/blog/2005/10/20/time-release-syndication/comment-page-1#comment-2594 Martin Atkins Fri, 21 Oct 2005 07:06:00 +0000 http://decafbad.com/blog/?p=740#comment-2594 <p>This scheme falls down in two ways. Firstly, people have a tendency to share URLs, and when they do they tend to just take whatever's in their user-agent (your timestamped URL) rather than your pretty entry point URL that lives only on some HTML page somewhere.</p> <p>Secondly, lots of people use "shared aggregators", which reduces load on your server but requires that everyone is seeing the same content.</p> <p>It's a nice idea, though. Its a shame that syndication tech ended up making it so tricky.</p> This scheme falls down in two ways. Firstly, people have a tendency to share URLs, and when they do they tend to just take whatever’s in their user-agent (your timestamped URL) rather than your pretty entry point URL that lives only on some HTML page somewhere.

Secondly, lots of people use “shared aggregators”, which reduces load on your server but requires that everyone is seeing the same content.

It’s a nice idea, though. Its a shame that syndication tech ended up making it so tricky.

]]> By: kellan http://decafbad.com/blog/2005/10/20/time-release-syndication/comment-page-1#comment-2592 kellan Fri, 21 Oct 2005 04:16:34 +0000 http://decafbad.com/blog/?p=740#comment-2592 <p>My favorite example of this is Matt Webb's service which offers <a href="http://interconnected.org/home/more/lightcone/" rel="nofollow">RSS feed of your personal light cone</a></p> My favorite example of this is Matt Webb’s service which offers RSS feed of your personal light cone

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