Read/Write WebRichard MacManus' weblog about the Two-Way Web.Supporting the two-way web (and Dave too)- June 30, 2003 I've been following all the hullaballoo about the Echo Project. Unfortunately there's been more flaming than at a dragons convention. But one of the few calm voices amongst all the hot air is Jon Udell, who today wrote a brilliant essay that got right to the heart of what RSS means. Jon reminded us that technologies such as RSS are all about helping ordinary people "communicate more easily and more effectively". That's what web technology can...http://radio.weblogs.com/0105304/2003/06/30.html#a72 Blogroll funk- June 28, 2003 One thing that is definitely "funky" is the blogroll in Radio Userland. I updated my blogroll.opml file last night but - no matter what trickery I do - the changes won't publish. That is why my external links look a bit odd right now. John Robb recently announced that Radio will soon release a new version, which is exciting news for us Radio fans. I look forward to the new features. But I also hope they address the little things, like the continuing blogroll...http://radio.weblogs.com/0105304/2003/06/29.html#a71 RSS and Echo- June 28, 2003 Jon Udell on RSS: "It's about a new way of communicating, one that's defined by personal publishing and subscribing, and that empowers writers and readers as never before." Amen to that, brother. People are trying to change RSS into something called Echo. If you want to know why, then I recommend you check out Jon Udell's conversation with Mr Safe. But also read Dave Winer's post in reply. And if you really have to, browse the Echo Wiki.http://radio.weblogs.com/0105304/2003/06/28.html#a67 C List blogger checks his stats- June 24, 2003 I admit it. I regularly check my stats at Technorati and Blogshares, plus I do some search engine checks now and then. Everyone does it. I have to say I'm not exactly setting the world on fire in terms of popularity. I'm probably a 'C List' blogger at most :-) But I am noticing my Google popularity is increasing for the phrase "ReadWrite Web". I'm now at number 2 (as of this writing) and only Dan Gillmor's weblog post titled "The Read-Write Web" is ahead of me. I haven't been officially...http://radio.weblogs.com/0105304/2003/06/24.html#a58 Internet Explorer.NET- June 23, 2003 In my recent articles I've explored the concept of the Universal Canvas, a term made popular by Microsoft when it launched .NET in 2000. But things just got interesting, with the news that Microsoft will phase out its Internet Explorer browser as a standalone product. Internet Explorer will be integrated it into Microsoft's next-generation Operating System codenamed Longhorn. But what does that mean exactly How will the Internet Explorer web browser be integrated...http://radio.weblogs.com/0105304/2003/06/23.html#a57 Learn by writing- June 21, 2003 Mark Pilgrim: "I take in a lot of raw data, synthesize it, and spit it back out in ways that many people can understand." Mark Pilgrim and Neil Deakin are two very smart web developers, but more importantly they both have the ability to document complex web technology in laymans language - so that wannabes can learn it too. This is different to technical writing, which means documenting a piece of software for its end users. One of the best...http://radio.weblogs.com/0105304/2003/06/22.html#a55 Save the Web- June 19, 2003 Dave Winer posts a link to a DaveNet from 2 years ago: "If it were not possible to read my words without annotation, we'd have to invent a medium that allowed that. But in 2001 we already have such a medium, it's called the Web. We have tools and servers and all kinds of runtimes on all kinds of operating systems. We don't need or want another medium. So let's not screw it up. I think that's what the writers are saying to the geeks." Those words don't need any annotation ;-)http://radio.weblogs.com/0105304/2003/06/19.html#a54 Apple and the Universal Canvas- June 17, 2003 Micah Alpern asked via my Comments form: "Wasn't this term universal canvas first popularized by Apple with their failed OpenDoc program" Only one way to find out and that's pay a visit to Google. I found a definition of OpenDoc, but I didn't see anything that had OpenDoc and Universal Canvas in the same sentence. Anyone know of a link Looking for more info, I took a ride on The Wayback Machine and travelled back to 1996 - the Apple OpenDoc website. This snippet...http://radio.weblogs.com/0105304/2003/06/17.html#a53 The Universal Canvas System- June 16, 2003 Last night I wrote about the Universal Canvas. Today in my RSS newsreader, what should appear but a great post from Steve Gillmor on the same topic. Of course being a pro, Steve made his point way better than me. Microsoft has all the pieces, says Steve, to "create a browser-hosted read-write tool for sharing and routing information." But the pieces are being fitted together to reveal a jigsaw puzzle that looks suspiciously like the Windows Operating System. As Steve puts it: "We'll get...http://radio.weblogs.com/0105304/2003/06/16.html#a52 Scobleized- June 16, 2003 I've been Scobleized. Now I really am part of the blogosphere...yay :-)http://radio.weblogs.com/0105304/2003/06/16.html#a51 |