RSS : RSS for the Real World.

An interesting article on RSS that came over my aggregator via my customized Google News search feed. A few good quotes:

"RSS is the hottest thing in Web communication, and the beauty of it is that it really is simple. Just like that first cell phone."

"There is no such thing as “SPAM RSS.” Your RSS feed is an intravenous link into a user’s news aggregator, and nothing can come between the two."

I'm glad that Heuvel mentions the No Spam issue. I always compare RSS to e-mail in my talks and thats the first difference I discuss. Its the biggest difference (and the most damaging to e-mail).

A few random thoughts about the article. Huevel mentions a few disadvantages with RSS that, in my opinion, in due time, will be quickly overcome. She also mentions that RSS is just text and not images, which is incorrect. Its easy to syndicate images in your RSS Feed. Last, she mentions that companies should allow employees to download aggregators to their desktop. What she fails to mention is that web-based aggregators like Bloglines and Feed-Me are available. No need to download anything.

Oh, and a big Hip Hip Hooray for the Michael Fagan quote at the top.

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Metadata : Newsfeeds : RSS. The government of Canada is using RSS to deliver information. The have an intro page, links to readers and more info and provide links to government feeds. [Catalogablog]  10:42:42 AM   [Feedback ]