I have been test-driving Topix.net, the new news aggregation site, and I have to say, I am impressed, at least on the functionalities side. For me, the RSS feeds on niche topics is a killer… The site is similar to news aggregators like Google’s, MSN’s or Yahoo!’s, but it takes the concept to the local level…local news on my alma…
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RSS at tipping point, InfoWorld’s CTO says
InfoWorld’s Chad Dickerson says InfoWorld is now getting more requests for its RSS feed than for its home page. He thinks that’s significant. I do too. http://radio.weblogs.com/0001011/2004/03/09.html#a6935
Disruptive incremental innovation
http://www.innovationtools.com/weblog/innovationblog-detail.asp?ArticleID=380 The March 2004 issue of MIT’s Technology Review magazine contains a fascinating article by Michael Schrage entitled Disruptive Incrementalism. It explains how incremental changes in products and services can sometimes lead to major successes.
The New Content Syndication
http://rss.lockergnome.com/archives/opinion/009374.phtml InformationToday reports, “RSS is an XML-based technology that revisits the publishing question, “Just what is the value of a new headline or the title of a magazine article?” In some ways this is, of course, an old question, because table-of-contents services have been available for decades. But the new spin is how these small, tasty morsels of information are…
Jyte Follow Up
http://rss.lockergnome.com/archives/software/009390.phtml Jyte was mentioned before but there was no information about it. Now there is. “You don’t have to slog through dozens, or hundreds, of feeds to find what articles interest you today. You don’t have to build complex search filters into your reader to find the news you want. The news you want, about anything, appears neatly categorized by…
Craigslist publishes RSS feeds
This is close – but not quite there yet. I want the title, link to the post, summary, etc. – not just a link. Give me the ability to apply right from my aggregator or explore for more information if necessary. More job sites like Craigslist need to offer RSS feeds. Instead of going to the site to check on…
“Death March” project advice from Mike
http://radio.weblogs.com/0001011/2004/03/02.html#a6755 | Comments Mike Gunderloy passes along Ed Yourdon’s advice for surviving “death march” projects.
Building a system of innovation
http://www.innovationtools.com/weblog/innovationblog-detail.asp?ArticleID=375 New in Joyce Wycoff’s Heads Up! on Organizational Innovation Weblog is an interesting article authored by Andrew Papageorge on Building a System of Innovation.
HBR’s 2004 Breakthrough Idea #9: The MFA is the New MBA. An arts degree is now…
http://jrobb.mindplex.org/2004/02/29.html#a4352 | Comments HBR’s 2004 Breakthrough Idea #9: The MFA is the New MBA. An arts degree is now perhaps the hottest credential in the world of business. Corporate recruiters have begun visiting the top arts grad schools in search of talent. And this broadened approach has often come at the expense of more traditional business graduates. For instance, in…