July 10, 2003
Adam's stand on RSS
Here’s how Adam Curry voice his objection to (N)echo project: he would pay $10K to spread among aggregrator developers, for who to adhere RSS 2.0, and kick NEcho out of view.
Why is he doing this? Simple. He is economically hurted by the project. He spent $10,000 to get pre-listed feed on Userland Radio. And hence his investment and commitment on the RSS. And then he speack out with the same trick to object to the new format.
Come on, Adam. We read your blog not just because of the default feed on some aggregrator or your fame (though I agree it’s a smart marketing). It’s your writing, and you, who to be known/accessed by your writing, to attract readers to your blog. The aggregrator world ain’t going to leave out NEcho just because some objection. It won’t reduce the effort on developing the new format either, so if you (aggregrator developers) don’t support it, you are left out, you lose your customers. As a user, there’s nothing to lose, you got your choice, all the time.
Thinking of buying a Palm
I want to buy a Palm. Yea, a PDA, and Pocket PC is totally out of choice due to number of applications running on it. Moreover, Palm application is more friendly, try it and you’d know. My Palm experience is limited to playing around with Handspring Visor Deluxe 2 years ago. It was used mainly for some application development and testing purpose then, so I don’t really ever use Palm day in and day out. Anyhow, such a small and stylish gadget could do me a great favor, in a particular field — DISCIPLINE. There are so many times I forgot things to do and I always want to jot down some random thought, regularly monitor my spending, time management…enough reasons for it.
Here’s come the survey..nope, I am lazy and tired, and hate to surf around to check out which’s good which’s bad — and then confusing myself (always end up to confusion). My choice is limited to a few latest Palm PDA (Tungsten series, Palm Zire 71 or some Sony CLIE models) since Palm seem to be on the edge after their Tungsten series (so Handspring is out. And btw, they’ve been merged with Palm). Blog rocks! I just checked Aizuddin’s survey, compare of Palm Zire 71 and CLIE SJ33, and his review of Palm Zire 71, I have almost made up my mind. Palm Zire 71 would be the choice. Feel good of how helpful is blog.
At last, the only problem is, I am greedy. A Palm, or a decent digital camera? No decision yet. (No budget for both).