http://www.scripting.com/ It's even worse than it appears. en-us Copyright 1997-2006 Dave Winer Sat, 25 Feb 2006 05:00:00 GMT Sat, 25 Feb 2006 22:41:18 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss OPML Editor version 0.64 dave@scripting.com dave@scripting.com I had a long <a href="http://www.yanksing.com/">Dim Sum</a> lunch in SF yesterday with <a href="http://photomatt.net/">Matt Mullenweg</a>, the lead developer of WordPress. We talked about a lot of things, it was very pleasant and very productive. Sat, 25 Feb 2006 20:37:56 GMT http://www.scripting.com/2006/02/25.html#When:3:37:56PM <a href="http://blogs.opml.org/Thinking/2006/02/25#theFuterOfFreeOpmlBlogHosting">This comment</a> is becoming more frequent in the OPML community, and I'm glad people are thinking about how long the free hosting is going to last, because, while I have no plans to stop hosting sites for free, it will eventually happen, and when it does, it's better if people are prepared. One thing that's cool is that all the data resides on your system, I'm just rendering it, so you won't ever lose the data because the server went down. Also, since all the software is GPL, it's possible that at some point a commercial service will offer hosting. In fact, I'm kind of trying to drive things that way, so that at some point the idea will occur to a business-person, hey I could offer these people a service and make some money. It hasn't happened yet, but I hope it will someday, hopefully soon. Sat, 25 Feb 2006 20:34:02 GMT http://www.scripting.com/2006/02/25.html#When:3:34:02PM In tech, when someone says something is complicated, check it out, they're probably trying to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FUD">confuse</a> you. That's why I called it Really <i>Simple</i> Syndication, as a clue. If it's really simple, what could be confusing? Sat, 25 Feb 2006 18:42:41 GMT http://www.scripting.com/2006/02/25.html#When:1:42:41PM <img src="http://images.scripting.com/archiveScriptingCom/2005/05/19/meter.gif" width="65" height="160" hspace="20" vspace="15" align="right" >When I meet someone who says they're thinking of quitting, but they hear it's really hard, I say nahh, that's just what the tobacco industry wants you to think. It's actually much easier than they say. You quit smoking by not smoking one day, then not smoking the second day. And so on through the first week. All you have to do is deal with the cravings, which <i>can</i> be really irritating, because the drug is addictive. There's an drug called Wellbutrin that can diminish the cravings. Anyway, millions of people have quit, so how hard could it really be? After the first week it's much easier. And then it gets ridiculously easy. Eventually your body tunes in to how harmful it is, and that makes it no trick to stay unaddicted. Sat, 25 Feb 2006 18:48:47 GMT http://www.scripting.com/2006/02/25.html#When:1:48:47PM <a href="http://blogs.opml.org/amyloo/2006/02/25#imgSrchttphostingopmlorgamylooositeimages1dotohgif">Amyloo</a> has a gorgeous <a href="http://hosting.opml.org/amyloo/osite/1.htm">mockup</a> of an OPML Editor site. Oooooh. I like it!! Sat, 25 Feb 2006 17:26:53 GMT http://www.scripting.com/2006/02/25.html#When:12:26:53PM Essay: <a href="http://scripting.wordpress.com/2006/02/25/about-the-back-channel/">Why the backchannel is bad for RSS</a>. Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:13:03 GMT http://www.scripting.com/2006/02/25.html#When:10:13:03AM <a href="http://scripting.wordpress.com/2006/02/25/about-the-back-channel/#comment-1814">Brad Feld posted</a> the letter that prompted the essay above. Sat, 25 Feb 2006 17:03:46 GMT http://www.scripting.com/2006/02/25.html#When:12:03:46PM <a href="http://scripting.wordpress.com/2006/02/20/newsgator-sixapart-feedburner-technorati/#comment-1804">Eric</a>: "Every time somebody decides to 'fix' the standard, I get one more RSS variant to crawl." Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:27:40 GMT http://www.scripting.com/2006/02/25.html#When:10:27:40AM