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Wednesday, November 09, 2005

RSSOwl my new friend

Recently I made friends with an owl. That's right, the owl is a traditional symbol of wisdom, a quiet, efficient hunter. RSSOwl's "big eyes" are a big help when scanning the Web's vast array of RSS sources. RSS or Really Simple Syndication, or Rich Site Summary if you prefer is a pretty amazing technology in that it allows me to read all the news I care about and a bunch that I kind of care about in about 15 min. I've got to get tuned into this RSS a bit more, because I could see how these feeds could be really helpful, especially on intranet sites that always need new content, but that nobody has time to update. You know stuff like calendar data, vacation days, upcoming server maintenance, birthdays, anniversaries and the like. It could really be useful. Or what if you could build it into the operating system and use the RSS data to as code alter the the computing experience on the fly, based on other environmentally important variables, like location, date time, current interest, or apps that you currently had open? RSS could be cool. I know that I'm extending it well beyond what its supposed to be, but I mean what if...

the management sincerely apologizes for the incoherance of this post..


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I'm in love with my wife, enchanted by my children, and amazed by the world around me.