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RSS: The Persistent Protocol

Feld Thoughts

We made some of the early investments in companies built around RSS, including FeedBurner and NewsGator. RSS is a brilliant, and very durable, protocol. The original creators of the protocol had great vision, but the history and evolution of RSS were filled with challenges and controversy. SMTP has been very good to me.

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Great web-based news aggregator

BeyondVC

During the last 6 months, I have been experimenting with a number of RSS readers to aggregate my news. With the email subscription feature, Bloglines gives you a one-time email address to subscribe to sites that do not offer RSS feeds while at the same time reducing your daily volume of email.

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Consumer RSS: 1999-2010

Venture Chronicles

paidContent made an interesting connection about Bloglines being shut down and the broader question of RSS in the age of Twitter. Today RSS is the enabling technology – the infrastructure, the delivery system. Today RSS is the enabling technology – the infrastructure, the delivery system. Simply put, there is no market for RSS.

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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

A serious study here: [link] concluded that younger people being more creative is a highly predictable at the aggregate level. Posted on September 14, 2009 by steveblank Over the last 30 years Wall Street’s appetite for technology stocks have changed radically – swinging between unbridled enthusiasm to believing they’re all toxic.

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How to find a good programmer or web developer

www.peterdrew.net

Simple RSS Trust SEO – Part 2. Simple RSS Trust Power Trust SEO - Part 2. Recent Posts Trust SEO – Part 7 Seo Bank Automation Trust SEO – Part 6 “Case Study&# Trust SEO – Part 5. Create SEO Trust Bank. Trust SEO Part 4. Google Love me? Trust SEO – Part 3. Create SEO Trust Bank. Trust Seo Part 4.

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The Power of Twitter in Information Discovery

Both Sides of the Table

First, A Primer: Portals, RSS, Feed Readers & Delicious - When the web started we needed directories to find information and thus Yahoo! Then came RSS ( Really Simple Syndication ) widely credited to Dave Winer for driving the spec & adoption. And the company that helped websites publish RSS? Twitter curates even wider.

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5 Types of Content That Every Business Must Employ

Duct Tape Marketing

Filtering and aggregating content produced by others is not only a great service, it’s a great differentiator.