Why does Steve Gillmor want to kill my newspaper?

RSS, social media, twitter

Andrew :

Steve Gillmor, of the TechCrunch IT blog, advocates the demise of RSS and the rise of Social Media in it's place. But is this smart, and does it make sense?

Posted 05/14/2009 - 16:38

Baby Steps to a Distributed Social Web

distributed social web, openID, RSS

Erik:

While enjoying DrupalCon I attended the OpenID, Drupal, and the Open Web presentation by James Walker. It was a nice presentation that briefly went over the technologies that are moving us closer to a distributed social network. While I think it is still a while off before we are able to seemlessly move from site to site with one identity, with full control over our content, sharing with those we choose, and effortlessly enjoying the shares of our friends and family, I think we can help to lay the foundation for the distributed social web.

Posted 03/25/2009 - 16:21

Check out Read Write Web's Top 100 Product List

consumer web, RSS, search, semantic, syndication

Tiffany:

Yesterday, Read Write Web posted their Top 100 list for 2008. Lots of interesting tools and products on the list, including one we've been working with quite a bit: Calais.

Posted 12/24/2008 - 14:34

5 Enhancements That Would Make Twitter The Killer App

blogs, humor, RSS, twitter

Jeff:

I have been Tweeting more and more lately just to see what happens. So far, seems like not much, but I am catching up on a lot of ideas from people I hardly know. Don’t get me wrong, I do like Twitter and think it has potential, but there are a few features I have dreamed up that I think would make it even better.

Posted 10/12/2008 - 13:24 // 3 comments

Yahoo! Pipes takes aggregation and integration to the masses

mashups, RSS, web 2.0

Dave:

Learn how Yahoo’s Pipes service gives users the power to build their own mashups and RSS feeds by harnessing the power of a slick UI and an open, modular approach to customization and integration with various content/data providers.

Posted 09/29/2008 - 17:21

What is Phase2 up to?

clients solutions, drupal, java, MLS, openID, phase2, RSS, Ruby on Rails, SiteMinder

Frank:

With all of the recent hoopla we have been stirring up on our blog and in the Drupal community about the Drupal Calais modules, it is easy to lose track of all the other fantastic things we have been doing here at Phase2. Here is a quick rundown of some of our latest projects.

Posted 05/16/2008 - 16:56 // 10 comments

How is this "Semantic Web" going to be different?

metadata, openID, RDF, RSS, semantic web, Tim Berners-Lee, W3C, web 2.0, XML

Jeff:

The next stage of the Internet has been lurking around the corner for a long time and referred to as the “semantic web”. The concepts behind the semantic web are purported to have been in Tim Berners-Lee’s original intention for the Internet over 15 years ago. I suspect that means they were academically interesting, but technically impractical at the time. While I am certainly not qualified to predict exactly when this vision of the semantic web will be fulfilled as a technical reality, I can tell you about it’s enormous potential.

Posted 05/16/2008 - 16:49

Getting content on your site

blogs, content, RSS

Tiffany:

For several years, you heard “content is king” from the lips of every web marketeer. Then, there seemed to be a backlash. Websites trended towards flash and visual pieces. But like most things, the pendulum has swung back…quality information and news content again reigns supreme.

Posted 02/12/2008 - 17:00