Learn how one of the biggest tech companies played a major role in the reason many people stopped using RSS feeds
The Rise and Demise of RSS (Old Version)
An unabridged history of RSS' triumphs and failures.
RSS is undead | TechCrunch
RSS died. Whether you blame Feedburner, or Google Reader, or Digg Reader last month, or any number of other product failures over the years, the humble
The Shrinking RSS Pie
This piece was initially published on Medium. I’m resharing here, for when Medium will go away… We all know that RSS and openness are key to the web’s resilience and independence, yet the RSS ecosystem is still shrinking. It’s because of us…
It's Time For an RSS Revival
After years of letting algorithms make up our minds for us, the time is right to go back to basics.
feedle: Search and Discover Quality RSS Feeds from Thousands of Blogs and Podcasts
A search engine for blogs and podcasts, where every search is an RSS feed.
RSS: there's nothing better
“An RSS feed? That’s so 2007!” “Well then what do you suggest instead?”
Publishers fearing Facebook dependency: fight for your future, reinvent RSS.
Right now Facebook accounts for over 40% of all traffic for U.S. news organizations, making many dependent on the social network for…
‘How Google Works,’ by Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg (Published 2014)
Two technology executives explain the business methods behind Google’s groundbreaking success.
Free Our Feeds
Social media is broken: controlled by a handful of billionaires who shape what people see, say, and believe. These platforms profit from division, exploit user data, and lock people into closed systems.
A quick guide to creating syndication feeds
RSS and syndication are the backbone of the web and have outlived many cycles of the tech industry. There's never been a better time to properly syndicate your content either, so Declan is here to give you a high level tour of your options.
TV on the internet before YouTube
Just a little note to get this all in one place. This was prompted by my comment here: On-demand was a thing before, but it was mediated through slow, glitchy cable and satellite boxes. There was also a thriving scene of RSS-delivered web TV shows. * The technology (RSS)
The End of Software
To understand how software will change, we can benefit from studying how technology has changed other industries. History tends to rhyme, if you listen. Before the internet, media behaved very differently—it was expensive to create. You had to pay people to make content, edit it, and distribute ...
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An RSS reader that doesn't count. What happens when you stop treating your feeds like an inbox and start treating them like a river.
Imagine things being so bad that your best solution is to cut yourself off from Google Search traffic. I don't think that people realise just how much of a bad actor Google has been, for year. No other company has damaged the web nearly as much. 🧵 adweek.com/media/publishers-opt-out-goog…
Publishers Are Preparing to Opt Out of Google Search
www.adweek.comImagine things being so bad that your best solution is to cut yourself off from Google Search traffic. I don't think that people realise just how much of a bad actor Google has been, for year. No other company has damaged the web nearly as much. 🧵 adweek.com/media/publishers-opt-out-goog…
Publishers Are Preparing to Opt Out of Google Search
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