June 24, 2005
RSS feeds, and how they are changing the nature of technology
very interesting article, and some quality thoughts on the matter of the evolution of the way in which we gather information from the internet:
Channel 9: Longhorn (heart) RSS
the more i think about this issue, and in particular the characteristics of the evolution that this guy is talking about, the more intrigued i am...you might recall that i occasionally talk about how the majority of our existing technology is pretty much a passive resource - the value of any database is only as great as the quality of the way in which information is retrieved from it by people - and i think that the development of RSS represents a significant change in this. it seems to me that RSS feeds, and perhaps the subscription services more so, are a significant step in the direction of creating technology that takes an active role in parsing and distributing information. imagine what this new type of technology could do for a company that has a massive database with information gathered from all its projects - this is the kind of stuff that makes my brain tick. loudly...
Posted by lara at June 24, 2005 08:02 PM
