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

Tue, 02 May 2006 16:39:45 +0200

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?

What a wonderful resource this is: RSS for non-profits from netsquared.org

The first with such a particular focus on this sector, and such a complete, comprehensive and well written collection.

You would be insane to not look in on this site if you're part of a non-profit organisation, on any scale. It has so much salient and sagacious advice that it's incredibly useful for ALL level of users, even the non-non-profit kind.

Warm wishes, my nonprofit nomads of normality,

Mike

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

Tue, 02 May 2006 16:18:46 +0200

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.

Amazon have dropped Google as it's search technology provider for it's A9 search unit.

Reuters reports on Microsoft winning out on Google for the Amazon trophy.

Winning the first round of this incredible battle to see who reigns supreme in everything in the World [it would seem].

This is a hurtful body blow for Google, Microsoft have always been seen to be 3rd substitute behind Google and Yahoo. So losing such a tasty contract can perhaps be interpreted as not only a comment on the technology, but on Google, too.

Financially, I'm certain Google will learn to live without Amazon's spondoolicks....but losing too many highbrow clients like this, will all add up, one day...or is that the Microsoft plan?

On the same note, no doubt feeling worried about Microsoft getting their house in order search-wise [and IE7 wise, it would seem] Google has complained informally to competition authorities in Europe and the US.

Blimey. It's going to go on and on, and before long somebody is going to have their eye out.

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

Tue, 02 May 2006 15:10:22 +0200

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.

Get the lowdown on what's been going on 'twixt Microsoft and Google.

The fan is about to experience noxious substances at Google and Microsoft

I found the above via the lovely Tech News for the Masses.

Looks like one almighty tussle is about to break out, mark my words this is NOT going to be pretty. We should all get our raincoats on, and cover every part of our lithesome corpses, as there's bound to be some **** falling all our ways, too.

I can feel it in my waters, no less.

Warm wishes, my battle-betrothed-bretheren,

Mike

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

Fri, 28 Apr 2006 23:16:13 +0200

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.

Well, make your own mind up and take a read of what Information Week say about the coupling: Google & Firefox, 4eva 2gether?

Then, after you've done with that go and take a sneaky peeky at what they also say about the IE7 beta release.

Despite being fairly new to the RSS game, it looks like Microsoft are already setting the rules down...auto-discovering RSS feeds is to be done, the Microsoft way apparently Firefox follows IE7 rules.

Which way will your RSS pendulum be swinging?

Warm wishes, as ever,

Mike