Posted on November 19, 2004 1:33 pm by Shel Holtz | Technology
Most search engines, Google included, require you to enter a search term in order to retrieve content that already exists on the Web. But what about new information that is published after your search? For that, you can turn to PubSub. Enter a term and PubSub will send alerts to you via RSS when new content appears. Frank Barnako of…
Posted on November 19, 2004 6:43 am by Shel Holtz | Technology
The want ad for bloggers refers to “unpaid yet rewarding opportunities.” A group of online magazines, California Chronicle, is soliciting bloggers to contribute to its 17 publications, including American Chronicle and World Sentinel. Here’s the solicitation. If publications are seeking bloggers who might be interested in increased exposure and “being listed as a writer on all 20 affiliated online local, state, national, and…
Posted on November 18, 2004 7:21 am by Shel Holtz | Technology
RSS. A revolutionary means of syndicating content without the hassles of spam? Not according to Signal vs. Noise blogger Jason Fried, a participant in a FeedBurner pilot program to embed ads in its RSS feeds. “All RSS is is just another content-delivery medium,” he said in a Wired News piece. “Someone has to pay for that content, either through subscription fees or through…
Posted on November 18, 2004 7:13 am by Shel Holtz | Technology
The instant messaging research keeps on coming. Today, we learn of a European study that reveals companies are not implementing enterprise instant messaging solutions. Despite recognition of the need to manage instant messaging, 56% of the 340 European IT managers have no plans to install enterprise IM, opting instead to let employees use the AOL, Yahoo and MSN software. Many…
Posted on November 17, 2004 8:54 am by Shel Holtz | Technology
Broadcaster and technology futurist Todd Maffin has produced “A Five-Point Roadmap to Podcasting’s Future”. The five strategies: smarter aggregators, a publishing tool that makes podcast production easier, devices that handle bookmarks for non-music files, big-name content, and a self-aware community.
Posted on November 17, 2004 8:28 am by Shel Holtz | Technology
A survey from Siemens Business Group suggests that IM has had a marked impact on how employees do their jobs. For example, Eighty-four percent of employees working in IT make fewer phone calls thanks to IM; 76% send fewer e-mails. Nearly 80% of these employees assert that IM has improved their productivity. The same number are employed by companies that…
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