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Thu, 25 Mar 2004 00:49:02 GMT

US News and World Report supports RSS. Bing!

Wed, 24 Mar 2004 21:09:46 GMT

Rogers Cadenhead reviews the Guardian's latest article about RSS.

Wed, 24 Mar 2004 22:05:07 GMT

Barlow: "I did a little amateur actuarial analysis in Excel and found that the fatality rate among my 100 closest friends was right up there with rock stars and private pilots."

Thu, 25 Mar 2004 00:44:18 GMT

Scott Johnson reports that Feedster now supports enclosures.

Wed, 24 Mar 2004 23:01:22 GMT

I don't know what Yandex is, but it's Russian and it supports RSS.

Wed, 24 Mar 2004 18:31:10 GMT

BloggerCon: Shirky's Power Law.

Wed, 24 Mar 2004 18:24:15 GMT

I wrote this session description as an example for the discussion leaders, who will generally write their own descriptions, and refine them based on comments. Each description, as they become available, will be in a weblog post where people can comment. The sessions can begin long before the actual conference. I will send invitations to experts asking them to participate, even if they will not be physically present on the 17th.

Wed, 24 Mar 2004 19:37:07 GMT

Marcus Lillkvist, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, is researching a story and would like to talk with non-technical people who use RSS, to keep current on subjects like gardening, travel, health; i.e. non-geek subjects. Please send an email if you fit the bill, and I'll forward it to Marcus.

Wed, 24 Mar 2004 18:07:10 GMT

Doc Searls: "They crush statues with every sentence they write."

Wed, 24 Mar 2004 21:06:56 GMT

Kaye Trammel: "If you are going to be in or around Gainesville on April 1, then consider coming to this free symposium." Believe it or not, I will be. What an amazing coincidence. Kind of like being in Charlottetown at the same time they were having a weblog conference on the other side of the island.

Wed, 24 Mar 2004 17:56:18 GMT

Reuters: AOL sees future in Web standards.

Wed, 24 Mar 2004 17:48:23 GMT

Fred Kaplan: "I have no doubt that Richard Clarke, the former National Security Council official who has launched a broadside against President Bush's counterterrorism policies, is telling the truth about every single charge."

Wed, 24 Mar 2004 14:30:30 GMT

Chapter 5 of Dan Gillmor's book is up for review.

Wed, 24 Mar 2004 14:03:23 GMT

Baby squirrels: "The Cluetrain says we should be more open and communicate. I've bought into that. So have the Trotts and their investors. If they have to walk on eggshells in order to communicate, they're going to do less of it. So try to give them the benefit of the doubt, and try to work with them."

Wed, 24 Mar 2004 19:51:06 GMT

People seem to like the Baby Squirrels piece. I thought I'd get flamed mercilessly for this one. Weird.

Wed, 24 Mar 2004 12:45:29 GMT

BBC: "Microsoft must pay a fine of $613 million for abusing its dominant market position, the EU has ordered."

Wed, 24 Mar 2004 12:17:42 GMT

Sean Gallagher suggests that the blogging world adopt Liberty Alliance, and that Google might use Orkut as their identity system. These ideas are not new to Scripting News readers. Sean says it would be a miracle if the blogging world adopts a pre-built protocol like Passport or Liberty Alliance, but those might be overkill for the comment spam issue. Aside from that, while I don't speak for UserLand (I need to remind people of this constantly, it's been almost two years since I worked there) I offered to implement Six Apart's scheme yesterday. My intererest is fewer ways to do the same thing, not more. It's the other guys who keep reinventing stuff that works. My sin is (often) creating the first implementations, when I've gone second I've generally followed the guy who went first.

Wed, 24 Mar 2004 10:57:56 GMT

Wired's story about the Rave award winners for 2004.

Wed, 24 Mar 2004 11:01:54 GMT

NY Times: "Phishing attacks, in which criminals send fraudulent e-mail to steal private information from people, are growing rapidly."

Wed, 24 Mar 2004 11:03:04 GMT

Blogger dinner in Chicago tonight.