[Phil Wolff in a comment] Plumtree and others defined the intranet portal. Maybe [Radio] starts moving that portal to the desktop.This is exactly what I meant. While corporate portals tend to centralize information and to create the need for some kind of editorial process, using tools like Radio lets users not only produce but also decide how to aggregate contents…
*Yahoo groups in your news…
Yahoo groups in your news aggregator. Somehow I had totally missed this feature of Yahoo Groups. In the case that somebody else might have missed it too, if you submit: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Group_name/messages?rss=1 to your aggregator, you will get all posts submitted to that group in your favourite news reader. Just subscribed to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/klogs/messages?rss=1 and it works perfectly. Getting rid of more…
What if being non-communicative weren’t…
What if being non-communicative weren’t an option?. This Fortune article on Esther Dyson was cited on a private mailing list. It’s interesting to see where she is placing bets: … [Jon’s Radio]
Blogging and homeland security: connecting…
Blogging and homeland security: connecting the dots. Sunday’s New York Times featured a disturbing story on the IT culture clash between Google and the FBI: … [Jon’s Radio]
Extending Aggregators [1].
Extending Aggregators. (Re)defining the News Aggregator (And Your User Interface While We’re At It) “Dave talks about what a news aggregator is. deus_x is thinking about what an aggregator should be. I’ll take it one step further, I think the entire computer interface should be overhauled to be more aggregator like, events streaming by, hover your mouse for some info,…
A Great Vision for News…
A Great Vision for News Aggregators. “Paolo: ‘It’s important to consider that ‘set of news sources’ could also mean reports generated by your accounting software, status of your servers, posts in a discussion group, orders from your e-commerce site, updates from your co-workers workflow management software..’ Thanks Paolo, that’s absolutely true.” [Scripting News] Kind of ties in with my earlier…
Radio Documentation! [1].
Radio Documentation!. “Russ Lipton’s RadioDocs, on-line, ready for UserLand.” [Scripting News] Yay! Userland did the sensible thing and incorporated Russ’ Radio docs into the Radio site! I’m assuming he’s getting paid for this and that he’ll be adding more to the archive. Kudos to Userland for recognizing the need and the solution! Keep up the great work, Russ! [Two suggestions:…
Diagrams of the weblog environment…
Diagrams of the weblog environment. Boutinsphere. Put that together with traditonal journalism, and you’ve got:::: The Boutinsphere. And the Searlsphere. And the Reynoldsphere. And the Winersphere. One sphere per blog. [Doc Searls Weblog] Pointers to a couple of interesting diagrams of where blogs might fit into a broader communications and knowledge management environment. Haven’t had time to think about these…
Jon Udell [1]: “The idea…
Jon Udell: “The idea of disposable spaces is something Groovers take for granted, but it’s a bit unusual from a web perspective.” [Scripting News]
What I want: wireless access…
What I want: wireless access on the South Shore train during my commute. I’d pay for that gladly. Boingo partners with TSI, a cellular clearinghouse: Boingo’s partnership with TSI, announced today, will allow Boingo to build a closer relationship with cell companies. TSI works to settle fees across cell networks, allowing seamless roaming. Boingo works to integrate wireless hot spot…