If you see: FeedSeeder/Development (http://workingpathways.com); TEST Furrow in your logs, that’s me. Well, technically, the T-minus project I’ve been talking about. Hi. How are you? Things are good. Thanks. I’m pretty happy with how things are behaving, even at this yet early stage. Just the poking around I did tonight felt very comfortable. I’m looking …
Category Archives: FeedSeeder
T-60: Thoughts on the Browser-based Feedreader
Chrono Cracker wrote up his wishes for a browser-based feed reader, and since I’m working on one, I thought I’d respond with my own 25 cents. Automatic Feed FindingYea, I agree – typing in fewer characters rules. Still seems like needing to type a URL in the first place is a workaround. Rate the PostI’ve …
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Where to Draw the Line on the Freemium Business Model
I’ve been thinking about “freemium” – Fred Wilson’s Favorite Business Model the last couple days, and sketched up where the boundaries feel right for me. How do these feel to you? Jason Fried on freemium-ish.
T-68 and Counting
I made enough progress on the core functionality this weekend, that I can actually start thinking about how to implement the interesting bits.
T-71 and Counting
Lots of progress the last two days. The absolute core functionality is in – enough to move forward to the interesting bits. Yes, it’s a feed aggregator, River of News-style.
T-75 and Counting
PodcastNYC lists out 9 Ways to Kill Podcasting. Articulating some of the ‘this feels wrong’ parts of the iTunes, Yahoo podcast directories. On the other side, thanks to Dave Winer for comparing the river-of-news vs. portal presentations. Personally, I see time-based navigation as a good way to see how a story evolves – though, I …
T-79 and Counting
No direct progress today, mostly a ‘cleaning the desk’ day. Think found a solution to the roadblock I mentioned yesterday – not enough spare cycles to verify.
T-80 and Counting
Hit a fairly big roadblock today. I’m sure there’s a number of workarounds. I’m guessing this difficulty is a hint that I need to think about the mechanics of the project differently. I very well could be building it the hard way – and the roadblock is telling me that.