RSS Update

It’s been a short while since I mentioned RSS. 

In the unfortunately fickle world of hyped technology, a mention from Rafe Needleman creates a lot of interest, so when I saw him writing about RSS and in particular ‘RSS readers’ I paid attention.  However I found myself disagreeing with him.  First of all, I don’t like tracking RSS feeds in Microsoft Outlook.

I have a hard enough time managing e-mail, tracking my contacts and schedule without adding RSS feeds into the already complex mess. I prefer my RSS reader standing on it’s own thanks. Secondly, I think there is a lot of merit in a non-Microsoft RSS offering.

Let’s face it, they’re most likely to wedge it inside Outlook and look for an upgrade to Office 2008 where your fingerprints and voiceprint will be needed to verify you are the actual registered user of the software… eh no thanks.

Then there’s all this stuff about Google choosing to ignore RSS…. zzzzzzzz