Sunday, December 07, 2003

0312071703: Weather report/conditions from Harrison, Maine. 9:28:56 PM  comment []    trackback []     Wanted: Microsoft, Apple and Linux to get together Dave Winer gives his opinion on how the one-click subscription method to RSS and/or ATOM feeds might be solved.  Have the OS support a RSS Subscription Manager. "Yeah, it makes sense for some part of the aggregation system to migrate into the OS." Agreed.  But wouldn't it make more sense for the RSS vendor community to get together to define a new open RSS protocol that includes a Subscription Manager that sits above the TCP/IP stack for RSS and help any and all OS vendors who are interested support it.   Wouldn't that be a win-win for the RSS vendor community and a great way to start the new year. There's been lots of talk on the mail lists about making it easier for users to subscribe to sites. Of course, since we went first with Radio, it's very very easy for Radio users, just click on an orange XML coffee mug, where it's available, and confirm that you want to subscribe, and it's done. No copy-paste. Nothing complicated. If we wanted we could have made the url invisible, but we decided that would be too confusing. Now what's the general solution that works for everyone all the time? This is one of those times when, if Microsoft, Apple and Linux could get together, they could upgrade the Internet in a nice way. Probably just Microsoft alone could do it (the others would have to follow). Choose a port which is the Subscription Manager port. Say it's 5350, a random unassigned port. Then when you want to say "click here to subscribe to this website" include a link that looks like this. Since the OS has the Subscription Manager running on that port, it would confirm that you really want to subscribe, and then add the URL to the Desktop Database (on the Mac) or the Registry (Windows) or /usr/subs (Unix). Or whatever. Some place that the aggregators running on the system could watch. Yeah, it makes sense for some part of the aggregation system to migrate into the OS. If any of the OS vendors want advice on this, let me know. [Scripting News] 3:23:35 PM  comment []    trackback []     Join Interact-TV Developer Team Looks like I can be a Telly developer. "If you have the skills for C++, Perl, or even Flash, then making Telly a successful commercial product may be something you can contribute to. This is indeed a Herculean effort; the veritable David vs. Goliath story. We are a small group and we'd love to hear your ideas. So we encourage you to join us in our effort. All we require to join is that you buy a box! Our hardware ships with Telly and EOS pre-installed." 2:38:51 PM  comment []    trackback []     Watch the CNET Telly video CNET News: http://news.com.com (Watch Video) Video: 2 minutes 56 seconds CNET's Brian Cooley speaking with Ken Fuhrman, Interact-TV CEO, looks at Interact-TV's Telly, a personal video recorder built on Linux that's attempting to take on Microsoft and TiVo in the media center battle. 2:28:40 PM  comment []    trackback []     Telly MC800 Home Entertainment Server Update: I couldn't resist.  I just purchased this unit as my Christmas present.  I upgraded the hd to 120GB and I upgraded the CD ROM to CD-RW.  Thanks Santa.  I couldn't find any reviews on the net but I'm used to being an early adopter.  I'll put a review up after I receive it and get it running(in about 2 weeks). I almost missed this one.  Outside its many features this Linux set top box has an API for developers to program and hook in to.  You have the option to expand the HD and/or include CD RW capabilities. Also has built-in webserver.  Cool.  I wonder if anyone on the web has played with this one and reviewed it. Telly MC800 Home Entertainment Server. Interact-TV, the maker of the Linux-based Telly MC1000 Home Entertainment Server, will soon be launching (possibly by Dec. 8th) the new, more compact Telly MC800 model--$749 base price. Besides the obvious reduction in size (measuring 15-inches wide by 4.5-inches high... [eHomeUpgrade | The Home Networking & Digital Lifestyle Weblog] 11:13:20 AM  comment []    trackback []   WIRELESS: 10 hottest wireless applications for 2004 Hey look mobile blogging is #8.  Number 5 "Group press-to-talk" also known as "All call" could be done with audioblogging technologies like the AudioBlogging Gateway . WIRELESS: 10 hottest wireless applications for 2004. 1. Multimedia messaging 2. Voice over WLAN 3. Localized content 4. Multicasting 5. Group press-to-talk 6. Remote networking 7. Wireless printing 8. Mobile blogging 9. Mobile community services 10. Industrial productivity MULTIMEDIA MESSAGING MMS is sort of like hot apps 1 through 5. The kids in Asia and Europe are all over it. To the U.S., messaging is the initial application, but get ready for more. VOICE OVER WLAN It's the phenom of education and healthcare, where it's deployed for utility. In the enterprise, it could soon be deployed for cost (or lack thereof). SpectraLink, Vocera, Telesym and Symbol Technologies are good sources for what'll happen next. LOCALIZED CONTENT Small town newspapers and municipalities providing content over mobile devices? by Dan O'Shea Telephony magazine Dec. 1 [Smart Mobs] 10:39:25 AM  comment []    trackback []     More RSS growing pains Currently there is no universal/standard one-click subscription method to RSS and/or ATOM feeds.  There have been solutions proposed and implemented in specific products but nothing we could call a standard way of doing subscription across all RSS client products such as RSS aggregators.  The current process (as defined in Dare's Obasanjo post One-Click Subscription to RSS and ATOM Feeds): "The current process is to click on an icon (most likely an orange button with the white letters 'XML' on it) that represents an RSS feed, copy the URL from the browser address bar, fire up your RSS client and click on the subscribe dialog (if it has one). This is lot of steps and many attempts have been made to collapse this into one step (click link and the right dialog pops up). " Glad to see someone is trying to solve this problem.  If RSS feeds are to have mass appeal, this problem, that will looked back in the future as a RSS growing pain and not a show stopper will need to be solved. 7:18:53 AM  comment []    trackback []

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