Will this kill RSS? It’s nearly like a union busting type action to force people into more lucrative ad space. Google’s action is kind of a test of the demand for RSS. But sites have felt compelled for sometime to provide RSS feeds. It’s really no wonder RSS is disliked by those worried about generating revenue. Good RSS readers, which utilize Readability or Instapaper or Pocket, provide most or all of the content without all of the web noise like flashing blinking ads. You just have to browse the links everytime, which can be a pain. For example, since Jerry’s posting generates tweets each time, following provides the same kind of notification of new posts that RSS provides. Some have suggested that twitter can serve a function similar to RSS feeds. Reader has been my favorite, but its functionality is totally dependent on the google reader server API. Many of the applications for RSS actually use google’s RSS server to aggregate RSS feeds.ĭo you have some plan about how to deal with the demise of the google server? I’m worried what’s going to happen after July 1 when google reader shuts down. (Yes, I know I’m acting like a curmudgeon.) I don’t engage in Twitter wars, tell everyone what I’ve had for breakfast, and simply don’t understand why so many people either find it necessary to tweet or have time to do it. Abumrad (from the NYT piece)Īt any rate, you’re all invited to follow this on Twitter, but don’t expect more than a notice of new posts. I’m not sure, though, what Abumrad means by “curator types”! The only things I curate are boots and cigars. Plus, I don’t really tweet: the feed is simply a chronological list of posts at this site. Well that brightens up my Sunday, particularly because the guy is science-y and I’ve been on RadioLab with Abumrad and Robert Krulwich (go here for my botfly piece, starting at 44:20). I was then told to look at what Twitter feeds he follows, and I found that I had read right through this without noticing: I didn’t see anything unusual, and said so. A friend emailed me to read the piece carefully, and I did. The piece details what he’s reading, watching, listening to, and following on social media. OMG-a reader called to my attention a profile in today’s New York Times of Jad Abumrad, who is the creator and co-host of NPR’s Radiolab, a science-y show with a humorous twist.
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