Private RSS Feeds. From Silverorange: “We?ve been experimenting with security options for RSS feeds for our intranet product. However, we found that there weren?t many resources or guidelines for how encryption or authentification should be handled (either in feeds or in readers/aggregators). I did some testing and came up with the following results for HTTPS/SSL encryption and HTTP Authentification in…
Lawrence weather site in all…
Lawrence weather site in all CSS. At work, we recently launched a new standalone weather site, 6newslawrence.com/weather. Photoshop guru and illustrator extraordinaire Dan Cox did the beautiful design work, including the Lawrence-skyline panorama that changes based on the weather forecast; I coded the site into HTML/CSS and did the backend. It’s proof (we hope) that relatively complex layouts are possible…
This is the future of…
This is the future of online newspapers. Kieren McCarthy at The Register: The end of universal free news content has finally come:The Guardian yesterday announced that it… [paradox1x]
An Interview with Factiva CEO…
An Interview with Factiva CEO Clare Hart [ResourceShelf]
Google Tricks & Tips -…
Google Tricks & Tips – Stuff you Bloggers need to know. Steve Covell has a good post on how to use Google to search just blogs, or just law blogs. Inspired by his love of Google (and his specific recommendation) I have purchased Google Hacks, which contains a wealth of information on how use Google productively. [Ernie the Attorney]
Is your email program the…
Is your email program the ultimate microcontent manager?. Lilia wrote: One of the questions from the audience was about number of technologies that one can cope. I share this concern given the number of communication/discussion tools I use. Everything becomes email, according to some theories. Usenet, for example, was blended into mail clients, treating the usenet post like an email message. Completely…
RSS from Amazon and BBC…
RSS from Amazon and BBC. Chris Pirillo points to 160+ Amazon feeds for everything one would need. Separately, BBC recently launched 60+ feeds for all the news you can ever think of. All the more reason to get yourself an Info Aggregator account![E M E R G I C . o r g]
Knowledge Management is In [1].
Knowledge Management is In. Richard Karlgaard (Forbes) has a collection of CEO quotes from the CEO summit. His conclusion: “Of surprise to me was how much these CEOs talked about knowledge management. In fact, this tenet was universal at the Microsoft CEO Summit: Smart companies will prosper; the rest will die. CEOs are happy to buy technology that makes their…
PHP/MySQL at washingtonpost.com [1].
PHP/MySQL at washingtonpost.com. Washingtonpost.com has selected a PHP/MySQL-based content-management system for its new entertainment calendar, according to news-technology company NewsEngin. Hooray for my favorite scripting language/database combination. It’s always nice to see PHP/MySQL getting props in high places. This is a Slashdot flame war ready to happen.[Holovaty.com]
NewsMonster Launches [1]. NewsMonster allows…
NewsMonster Launches. NewsMonster allows for the creation of a trust network of worthy bloggers which is managed by the user. NewsMonster then uses this network to build a popularity index of recent events and aggregated RSS content by reputation. NewsMonster observes decisions of users and publishes implicit certifications/reputes into the users online profile. These are then shared with other NewsMonster…