First i looked via Google insights at the distribution of search demand for Microsoft, Linux and Apple since 2004. (MS = blue, linux = red, apple = orange)
Well, the interest in Microsoft and Linux goes down (seen as a trend, not overall figures) and hey, i think that is a great thing, the OS, the desktop becomes more irrelevant over time, the web is the new OS, Firefox the new desktop. Nonetheless, i looked in a more detail at the last 90 days.
Do you see the strange “potholes”?
What’s more important, Linux and Microsoft have the same potholes. While Apple goes up, overall, but Apple also goes up when Microsoft and Linux go down. Oh yeah, the “Up’s” all occur on weekends.
The conclusion is quite simple: we work and suffer with MS and Linux, we relax with Apple on the weekends. If you have another conclusion, there is a great comment box at the end of this post.
facesaerch provides a nifty RSSflow bookmarklet to browse feeds easier cover flow style. sadly not all is right in the RSS feed world.
first of all, many feeds are poorly maintained. i.e. you tube
3 out of 15 do not work….
Another issue is, that many websites offer more than one feed linked from the head section (that’s when you see the nice orange icon).
ok, if you are a technical experienced human user you might know which one to choose and what to do with it, for automated services you have to make ongoing workarounds to estimate the most suitable feed.
last but not least: like blue-ray vs. HD-DVD - RSS feeds (blue) have won over ATOM feeds (red) a long time ago .
Sadly the ATOM format still hangs around on many blogs, often masquerades itself as an RSS feed.
(and RSS 2.0 is also around for quite some time, we should get rid of 0.92…)
For a new technology RSS has a shitload of baggage. To drive market acceptance there should be some clear rules.
- One page, one feed from the header.
- One format.
- The feed is your web page! Keep it working.
And yes, this is just wishful thinking. Thx for the screen time, now i will continue code some workarounds.
34°C currently in Austria, Vienna….
This one is beautiful: mashable as RSS flow
TechCrunch RSS is 90% green.
Valleywag is a thing of beauty, too (visually seen).
1000 thx to Matthew Forsythe for the great icon.
Well, no guarantee what pics you will see, that’s in the hand of the flickr community. Like what you see? You can visualize your RSS feeds with facesaerch and share them via the widget creator.
Great for http://www.facesaerch.com/ traffic wise.
Sadly, it’s all Greasemonkey.
Get the script at http://www.facesaerch.com/widget/facesaerch.user.js
It’s easy customizable if you know a little JS and useful if you are not into iGoogle and still want some neat links on your start page.
1. Log into your Google account
2. Go to Google Docs
3. Click on Upload
4. Choose file
Types of files that you can upload:
Documents (up to 500KB)
* HTML files and plain text (.txt).
* Microsoft Word (.doc), Rich Text (.rtf), OpenDocument Text (.odt) and StarOffice (.sxw).
Presentations (up to 10MB from your computer, 2MB from the web, 500KB via email)
* Microsoft PowerPoint (.ppt, .pps).
Spreadsheets (up to 1MB)
* Comma Separated Value (.csv).
* Microsoft Excel (.xls) files and OpenDocument Spreadsheet (.ods).
PDF Files (up to 10MB from your computer, 2MB from the web)
5. File opens after upload
6. Download file as i.e.: Word (.doc) OpenDocument (.odt) PDF, Text, HTML, …
Plus you get a (security) copy on your Google account. Saving files locally at your desktop is overrated, anyway.
