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Watching time, the only true currency // A journal from John B. Roberts

Day: April 6, 2004

  • Brevity: it speaks volumes

    Another “RSS in 10 words or less,” this time from iCite: Email, but you only get messages your computer asks for (turns out there are many of these attempts)

    I think RSS is better than email, and I like a separate application because I treat them differently, but I wonder if most people care. NewsGator (RSS in Outlook) is interesting, and some swear by it, but I spend a fair bit of time trying to keep my email inbox clear, so a steady flow of other material that’s not really to me is not welcome.

  • The Register moves to standards, too

    Last fall, CNET News.com moved to using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). It wasn’t smooth, it wasn’t easy, and the site still doesn’t validate (in part because of our ad server, a common problem in these migrations). Looks like The Register made the move, too. Good for them. That’s a bit of incentive for us to finish the job we started.