Yahoo "gets it". While most of you will read/have read this cNet article, I feel compelled to add some comments related to this quote:

"Yahoo has had some small success with RSS for News. It said that the news service has 'grown steadily since the introduction of the RSS feature.'"

Yahoo is one of the first "major" portals to understand the power of RSS. Why haven't library organizations followed suit? I know ALA has their own problems right now, but that doesn't mean that they should be on the cutting edge with content syndication technology. And it's not not ALA. Where is Library Journal? Where is InfoToday? They find it important enough to publish articles about RSS but not enough to use it? I just don't get it.

We need more RSS positive people in the higher ups of these organizations (Jessamyn, Karen, etc) to preach RSS at their meetings...or invite RSS people to speak at these meetings. Whenever we got the chance at Internet Librarian, Jenny and I hounded (politely of course) the InfoToday people (sorry Bill) about RSS. It's a dirty job, but someone has to do it.

Sorry about the rant, but it was a tough day. You know that you are having a tough day when you spend 2 hours on a statutory research assignment and the attorney then asks, "Did you Google it?"

Sheeesh!! [Library Stuff]

6:32:18 PM