Independent Publishing - Articles Archive
from February 14, 2004 to December 31, 2003

As promised, here it is, the Premium version of the RSSTop55. With an updated, expanded and fully ranked list of 59 online resources plus ten uniquely innovative gems to further facilitate increased exposure and visibility for your RSS-based content this list is the best resource to ... read more

Yes, I have listened to your requests and recommendations and here it is. Coming in a few hours is the new RSSTop55 Premium. A personally crafted version of the RSSTop55 giving you an ordered list according to how popular these RSS directories and search engines are ... read more

Selecting and implementing a content management system (CMS) will be one of the largest IT projects tackled by many organisations. With costs running into the millions of dollars, it is vital that the right CMS package be selected. This article outlines some of the lessons learnt ... read more

RSS and XML-based content syndication are really taking off. News organizations (like the NY Times) and business are increasingly using RSS to syndicate their content. RSS is also becoming the spam-free alternative to email newsletters. Most RSS feeds are automagically generated from a content management system. ... read more

Open-source content management systems are not going to replace offerings from commercial vendors. They do, however, offer an increasingly viable alternative for many businesses looking to obtain a CMS. Open-source solutions should be evaluated side-by-side with commercial CMSs as part of a tender process. Judged on ... read more

A quick overview of screen scraping. A technical read for webmasters who want to get te basics of how to create an RSS feed for any site that is not under their direct control. Highly recommended. ... read more

NetAction provides some guidelines and resources to use email and the Web as effective, inexpensive, and efficient tools for organizing, outreach, and advocacy. Technology is a tool that can be used strategically to enhance grassroots organizing and outreach efforts related to political campaigns and public policy ... read more

Those little orange XML icons are everywhere. RSS stands for "Really Simple Syndication," and it's all the rage. The idea is pretty simple. Output some XML to the Web that content aggregators and other sites can consume and display. If you have a normal routine of ... read more

AdsenseCharts is a free online service which provides many useful statistical visualizations of the data provided by the Google AdSense advertising service to its own affiliates. I, being one of them, find AdSenseCharts very interesting, extremely easy to use, and quite illuminating (as all data visualization ... read more

A new free service allows any company or professional to create an RSS feed by simply sending an email, newsletter or press release to a pre-specified email address. Independent and institutional publishers alike can greatly benefit from using RSS as a parallel distribution channel for much ... read more

The ePrints Handbook is intended as a guide to self publishing on the Internet. Major topics include a researchers guide to self archiving, a guide to open access, a guide to managing an eprints service, and an installation guide. The Handbook was commissioned by Soros' Open ... read more

"Unless artists quickly grasp the possibilities that are available to them, then the rules will get written, and they'll get written without much input from artists." (Brian Eno at Midem 04) ... read more

You can write an op-ed today that runs tomorrow, set up a Web site that sells toys in a day or two, get a million signatures and recall a governor in a couple of months. But for some reason, it takes two years to get a ... read more

The first RSS Winterfest is to start online in a few hours. This is a uniquely exceptional event that brings together the best minds and ideas relating to this revolutionary new technology. Find the time to log in and learn from this live online event lasting ... read more

What's in a RSS feed? How do people use feeds? Why should I make an RSS feed available? But isn't that giving away my content? Publishing RSS. Tips for Generating Good RSS Feeds. RSS Tools and Validators. Aggregators and other RSS Clients. ... read more

RSS WinterFest is a Webcast on Jan. 21-22. Free to attend. Content: RSS, Atom and the future of Internet content syndication. The business applications: enterprise content syndication, RSS and advertising, and business opportunities. ... read more

[...]"don't make it so perfect you can never deliver it," "worse is better," "stop after the first 90% (because the last 10% will take the other 90% of the time)," or simply "just solve the core problem." Elegance is inversely proportional to sweat. ... read more

Movable Type is a wonderful tool, but it doesn't really create the most future-proof URLs. Being the permalink enthusiast I am, I set out to make my own weblog URLs totally future-proof, and have now decided to share what I learned with the rest of you. ... read more

Two new Internet technologies, Weblogs and RSS (Real Simple Syndication), are redefining the way students and teachers use the Internet, turning them from mere readers into writers to the Web as well, and making it easier to filter and track the ever-growing number of resources coming ... read more

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