Rod Chapman writing in Information Highways Magazine observes that fee-based content is gaining momentum. The trend to fee-based content is clearly gaining momentum, but whether consumers will reach into their pockets in sufficient quantities to offset declining ad revenues remains... [Content Matters]

Via Column Two: Mark Nottingham has written an excellent introduction to RSS titled RSS Tutorial for Content Publishers and Webmasters. Column Two: Introduction to RSS... [Content Matters]

A little journal of what's happening behind the scenes of Gossip's Bootleg RSS Feeds Palooza. What's new, what's to come, notifications of fresh feeds and so on.

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An eco-friendly and cheap metal printing method could revolutionise circuit boards and mini antennas. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]

A coalition of lawyers, researchers and software experts will try to overturn 10 Internet and software-related patents that the group says are so sweeping they threaten innovation. [New York Times: Technology]

"If you can't compete, that's your problem."

-John Mariotti , Chairman, World Kitchen

[Fast Company]

Is blogging a possible career path? Winnov's founder, Olivier Garbe, thinks so. He's looking to hire an evangelist who knows how to communicate well online. IE, a blogger. Interested? Send me email. Include your blog URL.

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Self Publishing made quick and easy. [News Is Free: Recent Additions]

Worried about jobs going overseas? Don't. A new offshore recipe cooks up U.S. jobs. By Jason Pontin from Wired magazine. [Wired News]

NY Times: "Apple has elected to use a compression standard that, to put the best face on it, creates an awfully small file." [Scripting News]

As Adam notes, Radio and Manila sites have officially joined the age of comment spam. It's happening on my sites too. Look on the bright side, here's a new chance to get creative. BTW, I had an interesting phone talk with Adam this week. He didn't want to call while I was under attack on blogs and in the press, which I kind of understand, then he told me how the Dutch press is treating his wife (she's a movie star) and I realize I don't have it so bad. [Scripting News]