Phil Wolff: technologyLike art, technologies are ideas made real. Technology on dijest.comskypememe: RSS to MP3 to iPod- September 28, 2003 "smlogo"As long as we're talking about sound, I want scheduled text-to-speech conversion of pre-selected RSS feeds. Speak them into an MP3 file. Automatically download them to an iPod for offline listening at the gym or during a commute. Feeds become folders, posts become files, to help with navigation. While you're doing it, check the RSS feeds for audio enclosures. Download those too. "akasig"http://dijest.com/aka/categories/skypememe/2003/09/25.html#a2626 Location aware business blogging: Googling spicy noodles for BloggerCon.- September 28, 2003 Post data flows through the blogosphere, originating in one blog, continuing in others. So you need two levels of geocoding: posts (about the content) and channels (about the publication). Both need to flow through syndication systems (RSS) so aggregators find them and publishing systems (html) so Google does too. Google Labs pilot Search by Location reads web pages to guess at location. How good is it Things I might want in Cambridge, Mass: Pizza. Bertucci's, Angelo's,...http://labs.google.com/location?q=pizza&geo_near=harvard+square%2C+cambridge%2C+ma&... |