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Why FeedDemon is Better

bill — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:42:10 +0000

Couldn’t agree more.

Amit Agarwal highlights 10 features in FeedDemon that set it apart from the competition. Thanks, Amit! PS: I know my blog has been quiet for a while – it’s because there’s a new version of FeedDemon coming this week
Why FeedDemon is Better
Nick Bradbury
Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:49:59 GMT

Update: FeedDemon is now completely free — I’ve been a paying customer of NewsGator / Nick Bradbury for years and can say they were well worth the price paid. If you’re not yet using a desktop rss reader, try it out. Nick Bradbury has more info in this blog post.

A monolog, a dialog, a catalog

bill — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 19:24:10 +0000

At Gilbane San Francisco this week, I was asked what the differences between a blog, a discussion board, and a wiki are. The title pretty much gives away where the discussion wentâ€¦ but here was the thought process:

Although a blog facilitates a conversation through trackbacks, in many instances a blog serves as a soap box for a monolog. Personally, comments do not to seem to be crucial to many of the blog sites I visit.
A discussion board facilitates dialog between visitors.
A wiki facilitates creation of a catalog of information gathered across visitors.

For many of the people that came by, this metaphor seemed to help clarify things. It focuses on the mode of communication and can easily be conceptualized.

Speaking at Gilbane San Francisco 06

bill — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 15:41:33 +0000

Cool! I was justÂ invited to speak at the Gilbane Conference on the future of bloggingÂ in San Francisco this coming April. Not too sure of the format at this point, but in any event,Â it’ll be fun.

Three things

bill — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 18:16:48 +0000