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2 May, 2006

RSS appreciation day is to be 1st May, annually. EVERY day is RSS appreciation day, in my book!

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RSS appreciation day has gone by. Well, so far as the calendar is concerned.

We all know calendars are subjective things, apt to change by mighty emperors or religious figureheads, so let's not pay attention to the calendar...let's make RSS appreciation day, EVERY DAY.

The true reason for making such and such a day 'Such and such a day' celebration/rememberance/memorial day, is to bring to our hearts and minds the subject at hand, and to make us realise that a difference has occurred, a change has taken place, the old is replaced by the new. It also strives to remind us that change MUST be made and that the community is only as strong as the individuals that it consists of.

RSS day is May 1st, a great idea and a great blog.

For me, RSS appreciation day IS every day. I could not contemplate an Internet PRIOR to RSS/feeds of any nomenclature/architecture etc. 'The Internet' seemed SO cutting-edge, but what an archaic structure it now seems...and some people are still unaware of that and still living in that hierarchy. Of course, it will continue evolving, thank goodness.

I would certainly NOT want to go back to an existence wherein I had to find the news, and it did NOT come to me.

I would not want to go back to having to wade through hundreds of pages, just to find the one item I did want.

I would not want to go back to having to click through hundreds of pages to read the authors of my choice.

Of course, the list goes on and one...but you can add to it, tenfold. Can't you?

In short, I could not as much live without RSS/feeds, as I could not cope without email; to me, the 2 are utterly everyday items that life has become very dependent upon, much as the telephone or the automobile form of transport.

Do you appreciate the greatness of the tools that life has made available to our generation right now? Should RSS appreciation be a daily event?

Warm wishes, my XML excited extroverts,

Mike