Wednesday, June 02, 2004
RSS: Innovation in the wild
Discuss
Paul Kedrosky has a column in this month's Harvard Business Review called ‘Feeding Time.’ He discusses the new trend of RSS feeds. RSS feeds are XML files that sit out on the internet. Programs poll the feed and notify users when updates have been made. This site has an RSS feed, as do most blogs. Companies can publish their press releases via an RSS feed and Kedrosky’s article discusses the possible effects on business.
My first thought when I read the article was to roll my eyes. I remember the ‘push’ hype from ’96-’97. You can read more about the similarities in this article. This article also points out some innovations that are taking place to counteract some of the similarities. Here is another article discussing the subject and offering some innovative solutions.
This looks like another good innovation exercise. If we are going to save everything, and publish everything, how are we going to keep it all straight?
Paul Kedrosky has a column in this month's Harvard Business Review called ‘Feeding Time.’ He discusses the new trend of RSS feeds. RSS feeds are XML files that sit out on the internet. Programs poll the feed and notify users when updates have been made. This site has an RSS feed, as do most blogs. Companies can publish their press releases via an RSS feed and Kedrosky’s article discusses the possible effects on business.
My first thought when I read the article was to roll my eyes. I remember the ‘push’ hype from ’96-’97. You can read more about the similarities in this article. This article also points out some innovations that are taking place to counteract some of the similarities. Here is another article discussing the subject and offering some innovative solutions.
This looks like another good innovation exercise. If we are going to save everything, and publish everything, how are we going to keep it all straight?
