2 May, 2006

Deploying and creating RSS feeds. Non-profit organisations have a great resource to hand.

Running a non-profit organisation ["Not for profit" as we know it in the UK] is challenging on all levels. Every single one, and there's plenty.

So how can such organisations use RSS and feeds, within the context of their daily operations, for the betterment of themselves AND their users?

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2 May, 2006

Microsoft lands latest blow in the new battle for supremacy. Amazon A9 is ringside judge.

This is starting to look very interesting. The battle royale for supremacy on ALL technology fronts that these 2 monoliths are involved in, is getting hot and may end up getting dirty.

Brace yourselves and gather together a ringside seat as we prepare for the dying seconds of round 1.

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2 May, 2006

The fan is about to experience noxious substances at Google and Microsoft as they prepare their leather gloves for a face slapping contest.

What is it with the last few days? Wednesday, Google bedded up with Firefox. Thursday, Microsoft announced a stiff rise in spending on IE7. Friday, FeedFire went live on new servers. Saturday and Sunday were 'quite' quiet, Monday [biggest day so far] was both Blogtipping day AND RSS appreciation day.

Whew! A tumultuous week for the superpowers of the computing world.

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28 Apr, 2006

Firefox gets the Google nod, Microsoft gets the cold shoulder.

Firefox is smelling the money, honey. Google went all lovey-dovey with the Mozilla browser and ran a front page promotion on its website, Wednesday.

Is Firefox getting scared and needing a big girl behind it? [I believe in equalising the gender based participles]. IE7 beta 2 apparently is getting favourable reviews based upon its treatment of [RSS 2] feeds, which it seems to handle far better than Firefox does and provides a more pleasurable surfing experience in the way it displays and works with said feeds.

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