24 years ago today Dave Winer introduced Payloads for RSS — which became the structure of the entire podcasting world. If you listen to a podcast, you are using RSS with enclosures. I love the backstory that he disagreed with the premise but Adam Curry “persisted” and convinced …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Payloads for RSS, aka Podcasts!I’ve gone “all in” on Micro.blog’s photo collection feature. I’ve created 64 collections so far which if I’m reading id numbers right means 17% of all collections on micro.blog are ones I made. 🤓 I needed some tooling in order to migrate to collections and use them the way that I …
Keep reading · 3 minutes: Micro.blog Collections ShortcutsPodcast trends for 2024. 75 fewer hours of listening versus 2023. Pivot still my drive time podcast commuting to work. Subscribe to Making Sense and The Drive, but surprisingly low listen time with Attia. Mostly I listen to two, maybe three, podcasts.
Colorado Avalanche v Minnesota Wild tonight. Hockey is such a great live game. Fresh snow made it super difficult to get here - missed the first period. 3-1 with Colorado in the lead. 😬🏒
There has been a lot of noise today about Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement on Threads about their moderation policies. My position is unchanged — private companies can choose their policies and along the lines of the law they can do what they wish. I don’t think it is even right to …
Keep reading · 3 minutes: Threads Moderation ChangesI recently discovered Open RSS via an article on Lifehacker highlighting how the service can provide feeds for some services that don’t do it themselves. I clicked through and was delighted to read more about Open RSS. Open RSS is a non-profit advocating for the use of RSS. I …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Support the Web via Open RSSUpdate: I created POAP2RSS to fill this gap! I’m a big fan of POAP, and I’m a big fan of RSS. Sadly, these two things don’t know about each other, yet! This blog post is my take on a great start for RSS and POAP. Maybe there is a chance that the amazing folks at Open RSS could …
Keep reading · 2 minutes: POAP + RSS = Awesome?Tammy and I joined my Mom and Kurt tonight at The Dakota for Shabby Road Orchestra. The show was billed as “faithful performances of Beatles classics” and it delivered. The show was a Christmas present for my Mom who is a big fan of the Beatles, and really we all enjoy their …
Keep reading · 2 minutes: Shabby Road Orchestra at The DakotaFirst time at Le Burger 4304. We all agreed the fries were great. Burgers were very good with Jamie liking the most. We ordered doubles and should have gotten singles. Very busy. Will be back. 🍔
Trying to Clout Coffee Bourbon Whiskey barrel-aged espresso this morning. Strong Bourbon smell on the beans.
