Category Archives: rss

The Death of Google Reader: Did Email Kill the RSS Star?

Posted on March 22, 2013 by jessestay

Alas, the day has come. We knew it was coming and we were all just digging in our heels waiting for the day. I admit I’m not as mad as before, as the dust has settled off since they killed … Continue reading →

Posted in death of google reader, google reader, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, rss, social, Technology | 1 Comment

How to Replace Your RSS Feed Automatically With Facebook’s Like Button

Posted on February 20, 2012 by jessestay

As I seek to make this blog more and more a part of the social networks you participate in (I call this “From Fishers to Farmers” – something I speak about in my talks), I’ll be documenting my progress along … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, Blogging, Facebook, facebook rss, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, rss, rss is dead, rss is not dead, subscription, Technology | 2 Comments

Facebook Listens. RSS Added Back to Pages. Will Twitter be next?

Posted on May 21, 2011 by jessestay

In perhaps one of my most controversial articles (unintentionally), I wrote a week or two ago about how both Twitter and Facebook both quietly removed RSS from user accounts and Pages. Of course, with Facebook, on user accounts that made … Continue reading →

Posted in Facebook, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, open standards, rss, Technology | 13 Comments

Twitter and Facebook Both Quietly Kill RSS, Completely

Posted on May 8, 2011 by jessestay

Last year I shared how Twitter was moving more and more towards a closed, less-standards oriented model of sharing content as they upgraded their design to bring more people to the Twitter.com website. At that time, they removed the prominent … Continue reading →

Posted in http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, open standards, rss, Technology | 118 Comments

With the New Design, Twitter Kills RSS, Literally

Posted on September 20, 2010 by jessestay

The blogosphere is abuzz lately about the latest trend: “RSS is Dead,” everyone says.  Other blogs say “RSS isn’t dead.” (of which side I tend to agree with).  The debate lies with the fact that more and more people are … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, Clients, Facebook, google reader, Howtos, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, rss, Technology, Twitter | 12 Comments

Google Reader is Behind the Times – Here is What They Can Do to Fix That

Posted on August 3, 2010 by jessestay

As anyone who knows me can attest, I’m a huge Google Reader user and fan.  Despite users like Robert Scoble and others declaring RSS Readers dead, I still find utility from being able to finely adapt my reading experience by … Continue reading →

Posted in flipboard, Google, google reader, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, improve google reader, ipad, news reader, rss, rss reader, Technology | 20 Comments

Is Google Stealing Authors’ Copyright With Buzz?

Posted on February 25, 2010 by jessestay

2 years ago I shared about a blogger and follower/friend of mine, Ali Akbar, who purchased the domain, googleappsengine.com (he still owns it) in order to create an AppEngine-related blog (since Google apparently forgot to purchase the domain).  Ali received … Continue reading →

Posted in ads, buzz, Google, google reader, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, rss, scraping, social, Technology | 47 Comments

Did Google Reader Just Turn on the Firehose?

Posted on February 18, 2010 by jessestay

Google’s big push recently has been on enabling open, real-time technologies to publish, read, and interact with its new service Buzz.  Reader, its RSS subscription and website reading service, is one of the biggest tools to integrate with the service. … Continue reading →

Posted in firehose, Google, google reader, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, pubsub hubbub, push, reader, real-time web, realtime, rss, rss reader, social, Technology | 28 Comments

Is Google Reader Still an RSS Reader?

Posted on February 9, 2010 by jessestay

I’ve been following the Buzz about Buzz today (click on the link – get it?), and, wanting to try it (since I’m not of the privileged few bloggers given access at launch), I started browsing on my iPhone where I … Continue reading →

Posted in buzz, Google, google reader, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, rss, rss reader, social, Technology | 23 Comments

This is What an RSS Reader is For

Posted on November 23, 2009 by jessestay

Yesterday Robert Scoble wrote a critical post claiming Chris Brogan was using Twitter wrong, stating Chris isn’t separating his content on Twitter well enough.  As one who had to create multiple Twitter accounts to separate out my activity, I am … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, chris brogan, google reader, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, robert scoble, rss, social, Technology, Twitter | 6 Comments