Comments on: The Really Sad State of Syndication http://nathan.studiodifferent.com/2006/03/24/the-really-sad-state-of-syndication/ Wired World Wonderings Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:50:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: JonnyRo http://nathan.studiodifferent.com/2006/03/24/the-really-sad-state-of-syndication/#comment-7 JonnyRo Thu, 30 Mar 2006 02:52:33 +0000 http://nathan.studiodifferent.com/2006/03/24/the-really-sad-state-of-syndication/#comment-7 Also, <a href="http://www.jazzcrazed.com" rel="nofollow">Jazzcrazed.com</a>, has what I feel a superior columnar layout. It is almost everything I could have dreamed of in terms of layout. He's using a modified b2evolution setup with multiple blogs feeding the main page. Marco's fairly hardcore. Also, Jazzcrazed.com, has what I feel a superior columnar layout. It is almost everything I could have dreamed of in terms of layout.

He’s using a modified b2evolution setup with multiple blogs feeding the main page. Marco’s fairly hardcore.

]]> By: JonnyRo http://nathan.studiodifferent.com/2006/03/24/the-really-sad-state-of-syndication/#comment-6 JonnyRo Thu, 30 Mar 2006 02:51:06 +0000 http://nathan.studiodifferent.com/2006/03/24/the-really-sad-state-of-syndication/#comment-6 I enjoy reading stuff in columnar format. There are a few internet newspapers that do this. The <a href="http://www.iht.com" rel="nofollow">International Herald Tribune</a> does a fairly decent job of organizing content on their main page while still retaining ads. I also use FlashBlock to keep flash adverts at bay, so maybe i'm not getting the full effect. I enjoy reading stuff in columnar format. There are a few internet newspapers that do this.

The International Herald Tribune does a fairly decent job of organizing content on their main page while still retaining ads.

I also use FlashBlock to keep flash adverts at bay, so maybe i’m not getting the full effect.

]]> By: nathan http://nathan.studiodifferent.com/2006/03/24/the-really-sad-state-of-syndication/#comment-4 nathan Wed, 29 Mar 2006 15:17:01 +0000 http://nathan.studiodifferent.com/2006/03/24/the-really-sad-state-of-syndication/#comment-4 <p>I agree with your complaint about excerpt feeds - news.com's and cnn.com's feeds are horribly vague, for instance. This very blog unintentionally gives summary feeds despite the enabled full feed - a problem I intend to address soon. Rather than using feeds to entice, it is better to provide compelling content <em>and</em> feeds.</p> <p>A virtual paper is not a bad idea. I might use an MSNBC.com-style front end, or even a straight-up columnar newspaper analogue.</p> I agree with your complaint about excerpt feeds - news.com's and cnn.com's feeds are horribly vague, for instance. This very blog unintentionally gives summary feeds despite the enabled full feed - a problem I intend to address soon. Rather than using feeds to entice, it is better to provide compelling content and feeds.

A virtual paper is not a bad idea. I might use an MSNBC.com-style front end, or even a straight-up columnar newspaper analogue.

]]> By: JonnyRo http://nathan.studiodifferent.com/2006/03/24/the-really-sad-state-of-syndication/#comment-3 JonnyRo Wed, 29 Mar 2006 04:50:50 +0000 http://nathan.studiodifferent.com/2006/03/24/the-really-sad-state-of-syndication/#comment-3 The promise of RSS has never really been delivered for me, mostly because some sites are still using the very stupid excerpt posting method where they only put a part of the article with a link to the full copy. Maybe this was the reader I was using at the time doing this, but i'm fairly sure they wanted you to go to their site so you could view their ads, and thus used the mini posts as drawing tools. My ideal would be an electronic newspaper with full content feeds. BTW, thanks for the info on Rojo.com, I use it fairly consistently now, outpacing my use of the customized google.com start page. The promise of RSS has never really been delivered for me, mostly because some sites are still using the very stupid excerpt posting method where they only put a part of the article with a link to the full copy.

Maybe this was the reader I was using at the time doing this, but i’m fairly sure they wanted you to go to their site so you could view their ads, and thus used the mini posts as drawing tools.

My ideal would be an electronic newspaper with full content feeds.

BTW, thanks for the info on Rojo.com, I use it fairly consistently now, outpacing my use of the customized google.com start page.

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