Tuesday, February 10, 2004
RSS my Blog! Add to my Wiki! IM my bb!
RSS syndication now makes it easier to collect other people's blogs, or news stories, or whatever, in one place - even this blog now has an XML feed (actually, an Atom feed, but it's essentially the same thing). Feel free to syndicate this, but please drop us an email to let us know you are doing so, as the more readers we have the more we'll write for you!
It's interesting how the internet is expanding the number of tools available for people to communicate, whether it's to comment on things, aid their memory, or chat to friends. Given the popularity (after an initial pause) of SMS in the mobile space, and the growing use of Instant Messaging, I wonder how long it'll be before all the other systems come into wider public use? Bulletin boards are undergoing somewhat of a resurrection owing to neater interfaces, better designs and a 'cooler' look, whilst Wiki's are becoming more common especially for group-owned concepts or corporate information, and as for blogging, it needs no more introduction.
Probably the most underused is the Wiki - a simple tool for generating web pages without knowing HTML, allowing content to be interlinked, outside sites to be referenced, and so on. Sounds familiar? It's like a blog that isn't really talking to anyone..... But that makes a difference to what appears in it - notes from meetings, research materials, web bookmarks, and so on, all contribute to a web of knowledge and information - a personal-wide web, not a world-wide one.
RSS syndication now makes it easier to collect other people's blogs, or news stories, or whatever, in one place - even this blog now has an XML feed (actually, an Atom feed, but it's essentially the same thing). Feel free to syndicate this, but please drop us an email to let us know you are doing so, as the more readers we have the more we'll write for you!
It's interesting how the internet is expanding the number of tools available for people to communicate, whether it's to comment on things, aid their memory, or chat to friends. Given the popularity (after an initial pause) of SMS in the mobile space, and the growing use of Instant Messaging, I wonder how long it'll be before all the other systems come into wider public use? Bulletin boards are undergoing somewhat of a resurrection owing to neater interfaces, better designs and a 'cooler' look, whilst Wiki's are becoming more common especially for group-owned concepts or corporate information, and as for blogging, it needs no more introduction.
Probably the most underused is the Wiki - a simple tool for generating web pages without knowing HTML, allowing content to be interlinked, outside sites to be referenced, and so on. Sounds familiar? It's like a blog that isn't really talking to anyone..... But that makes a difference to what appears in it - notes from meetings, research materials, web bookmarks, and so on, all contribute to a web of knowledge and information - a personal-wide web, not a world-wide one.
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