Comments on: conversation without the web http://libraryclips.blogsome.com/2006/03/15/conversation-without-the-web/ sharing ideas thoughts and feedback Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:56:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Alex Barnett blog http://libraryclips.blogsome.com/2006/03/15/conversation-without-the-web/#comment-24793 Thu, 16 Mar 2006 06:25:35 +0000 http://libraryclips.blogsome.com/2006/03/15/conversation-without-the-web/#comment-24793 <strong>The middleman won't go away</strong> Via Findory's personalized page, I came across this, which led me to this, which then led me to this... The middleman won’t go away

Via Findory’s personalized page, I came across this, which led me to this, which then led me to this…

]]> by: James Corbett http://libraryclips.blogsome.com/2006/03/15/conversation-without-the-web/#comment-24646 Wed, 15 Mar 2006 16:15:43 +0000 http://libraryclips.blogsome.com/2006/03/15/conversation-without-the-web/#comment-24646 "So if it’s not available on the open web to read at a URL address, you need to be able to read it by subscribing to it, and reading it with your own client…the only thing is where do you find it to subscribe to it, if there is no web…you have to rely on people sending you the details." I think this is really where Feed Grazing can come to the rescue John. Imagine Raw Sugar clustering feeds into browseable tag hiearchies so that we can start navigating at their top (OPML) level and then browse through to a specific feed. Of course this is for aggregate tag feeds, not actual blog feeds but I think aggregate feeds is where the real value is going to be in the long term. “So if it’s not available on the open web to read at a URL address, you need to be able to read it by subscribing to it, and reading it with your own client…the only thing is where do you find it to subscribe to it, if there is no web…you have to rely on people sending you the details.”

I think this is really where Feed Grazing can come to the rescue John. Imagine Raw Sugar clustering feeds into browseable tag hiearchies so that we can start navigating at their top (OPML) level and then browse through to a specific feed. Of course this is for aggregate tag feeds, not actual blog feeds but I think aggregate feeds is where the real value is going to be in the long term.

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