From Around the Web
Dave Winer and others are having a debate (see the comments on that last page for some surprisingly heated remarks) about the future of RSS. (Remote Site Summary, Really Simple Syndication, or something like that). I have trouble believing that the outcome of this debate really matters to most users, or even developers, who use RSS, beyond the fact that we’d like to have a standard format that everyone uses. Most of the options floating around should get the job done. I hope they can all just pick one and move on.
Also, just as I was adding support for Jabber and protocols/URLs to Hep, Dave posted this about the way his products handle Instant Messaging URLs. Chuck Shotton responded with his ideas here, which started an interesting comment thread. (I’m still using jabber:name@host/resource for Jabber addresses, since it seems the most natural).
And finally, while I usually just write about software here, I have to share a new band I’ve been enjoying: Tin Hat Trio. Three musicians making jazzy old-fashioned music with various stringed instruments and an accordion. Their most recent album, Helium, is much nicer than the low-quality mp3’s on their site would have you believe, and they have a new record coming out September 10th on Ropeadope Records.
