Tag: robert_scoble

  • RSS usability problems re-discovered!

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    Tom Raftery
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    Robert Scoble has written a post bemoaning the lack of standards in using RSS feeds and the consequent confusion which this causes : Some sites use RSS icons. Most that I visit use the orange XML icon. But other sites don’t have any icon and instead use words like “subscribeâ€? or “feedâ€? or “web feed.â€?…

  • Is Robert Scoble an Alchemist?

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    Tom Raftery
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    A curious question, you might say, and you’d be right, obviously! However, seminal business thinker and social philosopher, Charles Handy has said that new ideas, new products, new kinds of associations and institutions, new initiatives, new art and new designs seldom come from established organisations, they come from individuals – what he terms the New…

  • Scoble switches to WordPress

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    Tom Raftery
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    I see Robert Scoble is switching to WordPress as his blogging engine of choice – way to go Robert! His new WordPress-powered blog will be on the hosted WordPress site WordPress.com at the address http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/. Although this site uses WordPress, I haven’t tried the hosted version of WordPress so I can’t comment on how different…

  • Yahoo! buys Upcoming.org

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    Tom Raftery
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    Upcoming.org is the site for managing your upcoming events and Yahoo! has just announced that it has purchased Upcoming.org. One of Upcoming.org’s founders, Andy Baio, adds more here. This adds to the increasing stable of purchases (Flickr) and innovations which Yahoo! has made recently. To get an idea of Upcoming.org’s functionality – see upcoming events…