Microcontent Microcontent Aggregators: 43Things Recently I wrote a series of posts about Microcontent Design, using BBC Backstage as the main case study. As a segue from that theme, one of the product types I've been looking at recently is Microcontent Aggregators. One type of Microcontent Aggregator is a service that aggregates microcontent about a person (usually via RSS) and displays it on… Richard MacManus View comments
Lists Read/WriteWeb Filter - GData and Open Standards (Matt Kaufman from edgeio thinks Google could've done better to support existing open standards like Structured Blogging -- via Jeff Clavier) - The Economist feature on new media (high level look at things like blogging and wikipedia) - Diversified Media Companies - Year To Date Price Breakouts (a chart which shows… Richard MacManus View comments
Humor Top Ten Reasons To Give Up Blogging So Russell Beattie has decided to call it a day. I admit his decision surprised me, because I've always enjoyed reading Russ' well-informed commentary on the mobile Web. However it did make me wonder - what would cause other people to give up blogging? Here are the top ten reasons I could think of: 10. Your Alexa ranking is so low that it actually… Richard MacManus View comments
Google Why Google is extending RSS My ZDNet post today explores the reasons behind Google's new syndication format, GData. Like most people, Jeff Jarvis isn't sure what this means - and neither is Dave Winer. I'm in the same boat, but what I do know is that Google has taken a sudden interest in extending RSS and Atom. Check out this Google Base documentation, for RSS 2.0 and for… Richard MacManus View comments
Lists Read/WriteWeb Filter - Yahoo buys digital home company Meedio (Meedio has a suite of products, including Meedio TV, which "lets you watch, pause, rewind, and record live analog, digital, and HDTV broadcasts using your existing PC...") - Google-Vision: Is Google TV on its way? ("Google are advertising for an Interactive TV Product Manager in Mountain View, as well as… Richard MacManus View comments