8/3/2006

Metrics and measurement of feeds

Filed under: Blogging, Culture, Google, Semantic Web, Syndication, TEH INTARWEB, Technology — Tim @ 11:58 pm

I’ll be honest, I don’t care much for the Google Reader. Here’s my brief review of it.

After a solid year, I still have stuck with Bloglines (despite trying others such as Rojo).

However, some people do like it and the gReader team has recently provided some interesting aggregated numbers for our consumption.

Note: these are extensions to the namespaces only — they only looked at things like how often a Creative Commons license is embedded into a feed (and not if it was RSS/Atom).

Via Niall Kennedy.

What Would You Do For A Klondike Bar: NY Edition

Filed under: Culture, Foolish, TEH INTARWEB, Weird News — Tim @ 6:30 pm

I wouldn’t walk around New York, that’s for sure.

The friend that sent me that link notes that he himself has replaced his PDA with a Moleskin as well.

High Dynamic Range Photography Explained

Filed under: Culture, Science, TEH INTARWEB, Technology — Tim @ 5:36 pm

I always thought HDR Photography stood for High-Definition Resolution.

However thanks to range, we can now follow a step-by-step process of turning an art, into a science.

Via inluminent.

The Best Of… : Wikipedia Edition

Filed under: Culture, Debate, Fun and Games, History, TEH INTARWEB, Technology — Tim @ 5:04 pm

I hadn’t bumped into three quarters of these, and I read and edit the thing all the time.

Personal favorite is the entry on the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

Via Marginal Revolution.

YouTube Analysis: Insomnia Edition

Filed under: Culture, TEH INTARWEB — Tim @ 5:20 am

A couple weeks ago I noted an in-depth examination of the Top 100 videos - based on views - at YouTube.

Its creator, Asi Sharabi, completed yet another detailed breakdown in round 2, noting that it is a “living and breathing zeitgeist engine.”

Sounds like someone needs their own TV show. Paging CurrentTV.

See also Google’s Zeitgeist and Google Trends.