Comments on: politics home http://tygerland.net/2008/04/08/politics-home/ occasionally acerbic, cultural and political comment Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:16:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: jameshigham http://tygerland.net/2008/04/08/politics-home/#comment-606027 jameshigham Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:26:55 +0000 http://tygerland.net/2008/04/08/politics-home/#comment-606027 Well, I'll never get to see it, Aaron. Well, I’ll never get to see it, Aaron.

]]> By: tyger http://tygerland.net/2008/04/08/politics-home/#comment-601463 tyger Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:47:11 +0000 http://tygerland.net/2008/04/08/politics-home/#comment-601463 I have never visited aldaily.com Something I intent to remedy forthwith. I have never visited aldaily.com

Something I intent to remedy forthwith.

]]> By: Mike Power http://tygerland.net/2008/04/08/politics-home/#comment-600448 Mike Power Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:51:56 +0000 http://tygerland.net/2008/04/08/politics-home/#comment-600448 As an example of a site that offers some real value in spite of just posting links and a short summary there is the long standing and well respected 'Arts and Letters Daily (aldaily.com) Posting links from a huge variety of sources that, frankly, I just wouldn't get around to looking at. And it is backed by real credibility and intellectual authority. These guys know their stuff! The site was revamped a while back though you'd hardly believe it. No flashy gimmicks for them just plain old html. :) As an example of a site that offers some real value in spite of just posting links and a short summary there is the long standing and well respected ‘Arts and Letters Daily (aldaily.com)

Posting links from a huge variety of sources that, frankly, I just wouldn’t get around to looking at. And it is backed by real credibility and intellectual authority. These guys know their stuff!

The site was revamped a while back though you’d hardly believe it. No flashy gimmicks for them just plain old html. :)

]]> By: tyger http://tygerland.net/2008/04/08/politics-home/#comment-598708 tyger Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:51:51 +0000 http://tygerland.net/2008/04/08/politics-home/#comment-598708 Interestingly (maybe?), I always thought the 18DS blog was very attractive. Interestingly (maybe?), I always thought the 18DS blog was very attractive.

]]> By: tyger http://tygerland.net/2008/04/08/politics-home/#comment-598707 tyger Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:49:21 +0000 http://tygerland.net/2008/04/08/politics-home/#comment-598707 I have a real problem with RSS-based sites. Wardman's <a href="http://twitter.com/mattwardman/statuses/785204131" rel="nofollow">tweet</a> makes little sense. Google blog search is a search engine - it's google FFS. also I can click the button in WordPress to exclude the blog if I want. I have a choice. Every post on my <a href="http://ratgeek.com/" rel="nofollow">Tech</a> site is "syndicated" to half-a-dozen "tech" sites - which are just conduits for other people's content alongside adsense ads. They're even attributed to other people on some! Fuckers. I think the graphical data on PH will provide some bloggers with material on slow news days, but personally I can't see the point. I have a real problem with RSS-based sites. Wardman’s tweet makes little sense. Google blog search is a search engine - it’s google FFS. also I can click the button in WordPress to exclude the blog if I want. I have a choice.

Every post on my Tech site is “syndicated” to half-a-dozen “tech” sites - which are just conduits for other people’s content alongside adsense ads. They’re even attributed to other people on some! Fuckers.

I think the graphical data on PH will provide some bloggers with material on slow news days, but personally I can’t see the point.

]]> By: Mike Power http://tygerland.net/2008/04/08/politics-home/#comment-598689 Mike Power Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:35:22 +0000 http://tygerland.net/2008/04/08/politics-home/#comment-598689 As expected, on Dale and other sites, we have the tedious geeks discussing the economics of using black and the problems with too much Java etc etc. The real issue is, as you have said here, what on earth is the point of this in the first place? You could argue the case for a decent aggregator. After all, bloggers weren't called 'presurfers' for nothing way back when... But there needs to be some selection, filtering, recommendation rather than just a list of links. As you rightly point out any RSS reader will do that. If you stripped away the bells and whistles and put the content on a plain old page we would all see it for what it is. I'd love to know what this thing cost to launch. Actually, I don't. it would make me weep! Clearly, though, it was cheaper than a TV station :) As expected, on Dale and other sites, we have the tedious geeks discussing the economics of using black and the problems with too much Java etc etc. The real issue is, as you have said here, what on earth is the point of this in the first place? You could argue the case for a decent aggregator. After all, bloggers weren’t called ‘presurfers’ for nothing way back when… But there needs to be some selection, filtering, recommendation rather than just a list of links. As you rightly point out any RSS reader will do that. If you stripped away the bells and whistles and put the content on a plain old page we would all see it for what it is.

I’d love to know what this thing cost to launch. Actually, I don’t. it would make me weep! Clearly, though, it was cheaper than a TV station :)

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