Archive for September 29th, 2005

Feeding Frenzy in Wisconsin

Thursday, September 29th, 2005

I absolutely /love/ the title for this program about XML feeds for the Special Libraries Association Wisconsin Chapter on Wednesday, October 19 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. And, yes, there will be food. Someone said I’d be pleased with the selection of desserts.
From 11 am to about 1 pm that day, I’ll be meeting with [...]

RSS Pin

Thursday, September 29th, 2005

One of my blog group colleagues has a completely awesome pin that looks like an orange RSS button. I’ve been trying to find one off and on for a few months. It would be /awesome/ if I could wear one to my next two presentations, which focus on feeds. If anyone has any idea where [...]

The Harvard University Gazette Offers RSS Feeds

Thursday, September 29th, 2005

The Harvard University Gazette now offers RSS 2.0 feeds containing the headlines from its main sections.
I feel very excited about the office’s decision to offer feeds because not many university communications offices seem to be using feeds, which are a fabulous way to disseminate news. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health even has a [...]

reddit

Thursday, September 29th, 2005

I was going to try to explain reddit in a snippet in the title of this post, but I can’t quite figure out how to do it. It’s a site where contributors submit news items, like links to articles or blog posts, that get ranked based on popularity.
I met two of the guys behind it [...]

Jimmy Wales on C-Span’s Q & A

Thursday, September 29th, 2005

C-Span’s program Q & A hosted Wikimedia founder Jimmy Wales. The program and a transcript are available via the above link.
Maybe I’ll have time to watch it before lunch.
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