Scripting News

Fri, 19 Aug 2005 21:08:43 GMT

Just talked with Matt Mullenweg. We're both going to BarCamp tonight in Palo Alto. I want to talk with Matt about doing an API between the OPML Editor and WordPress. He asked if that would just be the Metaweblog API, and I said, yes, it could be that, but that doesn't capture all the data that's in an OPML doc. I think we should look at doing an open API between these two GPL programs.

Fri, 19 Aug 2005 20:47:25 GMT

What Rex Said: "RSS is underhyped."

Fri, 19 Aug 2005 20:30:56 GMT

I snuck into the Blog Business Summit in San Francisco, we're getting a demo of Movable Type 3.2.

Fri, 19 Aug 2005 20:19:14 GMT

Bela Labovitch: "This is an early version of a search engine that exclusively maintains and searches OPML files."

Fri, 19 Aug 2005 20:11:18 GMT

At lunch today with Scoble and Dean Hachamovitch we spotted Steve Jobs leaving the restaurant. We all went out and shook his hand. Don't think he knew who I was. He was giving Dean shit about how they were copying all their features in IE7. It was fun!! Didn't get a picture, unfortunately.

Fri, 19 Aug 2005 20:08:34 GMT

Tod Maffin: "In my day job I'm a producer with CBC Radio. About 5000 of us were locked out Monday because of a labour dispute. I thought you'd be interested to know that I've set up a place for listeners to, essentially, still listen to their favourite shows even though they're not on the air."

Fri, 19 Aug 2005 18:14:49 GMT

Pics: Scene from Starbucks on Fourth & Mission in SF.

Fri, 19 Aug 2005 11:44:20 GMT

Om Malik: "Philadelphia is inching towards realizing its WiFi dream."

Fri, 19 Aug 2005 04:44:38 GMT

I'm reminded of this piece written by Julie about my Pisa podcast.

Fri, 19 Aug 2005 04:53:01 GMT

Kevin Newman: "It is true that coffee that is roasted for a shorter time to a lighter color has more caffeine than coffee roasted longer."

Fri, 19 Aug 2005 05:30:04 GMT

David Czarnecki: "That's about the best software/platform misspelling mashup I've seen yet."