OK, so I don’t normally beg for links. In fact, I
never do. It very unbecoming, and — quite frankly
— I’m happy with the amount of traffic I attract.
Not too little, and not too much.
All that being said, I want to increase the chances that
the following information finds its way into Apple. And
Disney. But mostly Apple.
Read the comments. They are a precious combination of
funny, insightful, and sad. Very, very sad.
So, if you can spare a link for the cause, I would appreciate
it. Thanks.
call me insightful and i will think about it... ;-)
actually - i already pointed to your piece on closed specs. you still need more linklove let me know. like i said, i will join the “open media”
Per Sam Ruby’s request, this is an appeal for someone who matters at Apple to please look here. Obviously, there are people at Apple who understand the Net, but for the ones who seem not to, the ones who built the iTunes RSS, here’s how it works:...
Sam Ruby’s Shameless Pandering prompted me to link to his prior post on the problems with the way iTunes handles XML feeds. The comments in that post explain everything in full detail. If this topic is of any interest to......
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Sam Ruby’s Shameless Pandering prompted me to link to his prior post on the problems with the way iTunes handles XML feeds. The comments in that post explain everything in full detail. If this topic is of any interest to you, please link to Sam’s...
As per Sam Ruby’s shameless request, I’m linking to his post on the problems with iTunes RSS in the hope it will encourage Apple to fix them (scroll through the comments for various horrors). As a competitor, the first thing I need to say is I have...
If you work at Apple, especially if you work on iTunes, please read this post and its comments. If you’re a blogger, please consider linking to the above link....
USATODAY.com - And the greatest American rock band ever is ... damn right! ;) Ramones should have been higher, tho (via SkyIScrape) Sam Ruby: Shameless Pandering ask and ye shall receive x180 / james duncan davidson: Rails and MySQL Drivers i...
Personally, I usually think that the tech industry has gotten a little too “standards happy”. Moreover, I think that good standards need “extension points” that ensure extended capabillity without sacrificing compatibility. J2EE has a good and bad...
In 1993, America Online jumped into the Internet with both feet, and the waves took an awful long time to subside. A huge influx of new users discovered Usenet, and thanks to AOL’s poor stewardship of the situation, the newsgroups......
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Still not prefect: the block tag is still something of a mystery, I’m working on the assumption that it’s just empty and that its presence blocks the channel or item from appearing in the music store.
Sam Ruby’s Shameless Pandering prompted me to link to his prior post on the problems with the way iTunes handles XML feeds. The comments in that post explain everything in full detail. If this topic is of any interest to......
Sam Ruby asks for linking to the discussion of Apple’s RSS extensions in his blog. It’s a worthwile read on how to (and especially how not to) extend existing XML formats. The topic is quite interesting. I’d be interested in a more...
Telegraph | News | Soldiers forced to shout ‘bang’ as the Army runs out of ammunition "Why should soldiers who are being sent to Iraq, where their lives will be endangered, be forced to shout ‘bang’ in training because someone in the Ministry...
links for 2005-08-01 Fresno Famous - Flowing wit...
links for 2005-08-01 Fresno Famous - Flowing with Famous Podcast A very interesting and well done little podcast for Fresno California (I assume) :) (tags: fresno california podcast) RSS: Dave winer points out some issues with Apple’s RSS extensions...
Referrer inspired communication is nifty. [link].org/ brought me this gem regarding semantics of HTTP’s PUT vs. POST. My recent encounter with this while digging about REST is the XML.com article “How to create a REST protocol”...
Plagiarizing Sam Ruby for the purpose of fixing iTunes' one-click subscribe method: OK, so I don’t normally beg for links. In fact, I never do. It’s very unbecoming, and quite frankly I’m happy with the amount of traffic I attract. Not too little,...
Oops, looks like nobody *backed this post from a post about syndication-dev so that Lucas could find out that there’s a mailing list where he can be ignored by Apple directly.