tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14608966.post113669141136392562..comments2024-03-24T00:22:04.029+11:00Comments on armagnac'd: Aggregators, podcasts and shifting sandsArmagnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05430006925445661524noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14608966.post-1136875604878298392006-01-10T17:46:00.000+11:002006-01-10T17:46:00.000+11:00Yeah, I know what you mean, Zoe. I think that blog...Yeah, I know what you mean, Zoe. I think that blog is formatted quite well, but you do run into some problems like black text blending into the background image.TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14608966.post-1136864290202026832006-01-10T14:38:00.000+11:002006-01-10T14:38:00.000+11:00timT, I checked that link and found it REALLY hard...timT, I checked that link and found it REALLY hard to read bright red text on top of an image - so I gave up, even though it appeared quite entertaining.<BR/><BR/>And I'm a big bloglines fan. I click through if I think the comments will be interesting, or to read a full post. Saves all that "oh, no new post there" sadness.Zoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01546885088503890394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14608966.post-1136854560004868922006-01-10T11:56:00.000+11:002006-01-10T11:56:00.000+11:00I've been using Bloglines for about six months. I...I've been using Bloglines for about six months. It's great. Cuts down on time traversing across blogs - which means you can fit in more more more - and you can subscribe to feeds from news services and journals and aggregators too - excellent.<BR/><BR/>Some feeds are set up to reproduce the whole post and some only show the first few lines. I think in Bloglines you can set these preferences yourself?<BR/><BR/> I've signed up to several Topix feeds for obscure subjects I'm interested in - sort of like a technorati tracker but via RSS.lucy tartanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14608966.post-1136803982922765402006-01-09T21:53:00.000+11:002006-01-09T21:53:00.000+11:00I like to read a post from start to finish. If I h...I like to read a post from start to finish. If I have the site in my links section then I'll probably read every post that that person writes, good or bad.<BR/><BR/>So I guess those developments don't effect me.Don Quixotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15291358604872256004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14608966.post-1136722815928696532006-01-08T23:20:00.000+11:002006-01-08T23:20:00.000+11:00I used Bloglines for a few days, but I hated it. I...I used Bloglines for a few days, but I hated it. It didn't feel right for some reason, like video-conferencing with people I'd normally have visited in person. And, as TimT says (my there are a lot of Tims in blogland!), formatting can be an important factor.<BR/><BR/>I have both my blogs signed up to the Metaxucafe site. It seems to work quite well as far as aggregator sites go.<BR/><BR/>As for podcasting, I've done one audio post, and while it turned out ok, and I'll probably do more, I can't see it replacing text as the main tool for bloggers. It is harder than many people think to put together something coherent in audio format.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01361330734876130185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14608966.post-1136719568373100902006-01-08T22:26:00.000+11:002006-01-08T22:26:00.000+11:00about 30-50% of blog reading is done by bored peop...<I>about 30-50% of blog reading is done by bored people at work (not something I'd do, of course!)</I><BR/><BR/>Oh, of <I>course</I> not. <BR/><BR/>I don't like this idea of aggregators and having blog posts 'mailed' out to other people. Format matters. One of the advantages of blogger and other blogging engines is that it gives you greater flexibility over how you present your writing, so that it becomes, in a way, like setting out a magazine. You can choose how many pictures to put in, where to put them, how to arrange the text, whether to use tables, etc, etc, etc. <BR/><BR/>I think a lot of blog-readers realise this and appreciate the effort a blogger puts into the format. <BR/><BR/>I shudder to think how posts like <A HREF="http://checkoutchicks.blogspot.com/2005/04/large-companies-vs-small-stores.html" REL="nofollow">this one</A> (http://checkoutchicks.blogspot.com/2005/04/large-companies-vs-small-stores.html) - quite brilliant, I think, in it's own way - would come out on one of these bloody 'aggregators'.TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14608966.post-1136717453047836142006-01-08T21:50:00.000+11:002006-01-08T21:50:00.000+11:00I think you've thought about this a little too muc...I think you've thought about this a little too much :Pmiaballerinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07562353941627317913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14608966.post-1136699035018854212006-01-08T16:43:00.000+11:002006-01-08T16:43:00.000+11:00Yo' can mosey boy, but yo' gotta mosey right. Ah s...Yo' can mosey boy, but yo' gotta mosey right. Ah sees greenhorns from da east trying ter mosey an' laughs mah britches off. Ol' Clem tossed a rattler at one o' dese dudes and shoulda seen him mosey den! <BR/>Haw! Haw! Haw!<BR/><BR/>Tex!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com