Tag: RSS
In the spirit of Groomian #BlogOrDie, rather than just append some more ideas to my recent post on podcast listening, why not just blog anew? No rules here except the ones I concoct. Left Of My List I only realized yesterday when I drove for errands, and as usual, flipped on the Overcast player to […]
Stephen Downes does point out that the Android app AntennaPod does support import/export of sets of feeds as OPML, and shares a nifty example from some guy named “Ed” who shares his listens as an OPML file rendered readable on the web using the “lost art” (Stephen’s accurate description) of an XSL Stylesheet. The link lists links to all show’s web sites and RSS feeds.
Source: One More Thing on Podcast Listening (well maybe two) (or three) by Alan Levine
Thank you for sharing this Alan. I felt all old school, delving into the ‘lost art‘ of stylesheets. I posted my podcasts OPML here.
I had maintained an OPML via the links in WordPress, but really like the way that the file is presented via the stylesheet. I wonder if there is a way of applying a stylesheet to the WordPress file, for now I think that is just an itch.
I also really like Podcast Index too. Thank you for sharing. Sadly, it looks at ‘podcasts’ as a whole, rather than episodes. At least it is a start.
Cory Doctorow (pluralistic.net)RSS basically works like social media should work. Using RSS is a chance to visit a utopian future in which the platforms have no power, and all power is vested in publishers, who get to decide what to publish, and in readers, who have total control over what they read and how, without leaking any personal information through the simple act of reading.
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Cory Doctorow makes the case for the why RSS offers us an insight into a utopian future beyond ‘enshittified’ platforms.
john (johnjohnston.info)Following a link from Brad I saw the lovely Making Websites Should Be Easy and then the handy What is a feed? (a.k.a. RSS) | About Feeds. Add a link to the last to my sidebar.
John, I really like your idea of including something like Matt Webb’s ‘What is a Feed’ link on my site as reference for wayward visitors who have stumbled off the highway. I like the idea of a newsletter as a feed, rather than another email.
Echo is a node script to post new items from an RSS feed to various services including Micro.blog and Mastodon. Checkout the readme on GitHub for installation instructions. Use the forms below to generate your config.
Source: Echo – RSS Cross Poster
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Another RSS tool, this one for cross-posting using a feed. Wondering if something like this could ironically be used to cross-post back to your own site?
ᔥ in Alan Levine: “Hey, this tech is cool! Echo -…” – CoSocial ()
When you submit your RSS feed to YouTube, YouTube will create videos for each podcast episode that you choose to upload. YouTube will use your podcast’s show art to create a static-image video and upload it to your channel on your behalf. When a new episode is added to your RSS feed, it will automatically upload to your channel and we’ll notify your eligible subscribers.
Source: Deliver podcasts using an RSS feed
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More possibilities associated with RSS with the ability to publish to YouTube.
Another site for creating an RSS feed for a site that does not have one.
John, I somewhat agree with your preference for RSS over the social feed. Personally, I use Granary to actually bring Mastodon into my feed. For me, this allows me to become less of a slave to the ever current stream. I sometimes wonder though if this is bad faith as I assume I am not nessecarily following the rules on the packet, this can mean engaging in conversations out of time.
A list of RSS related stuff: tools, services, communities and tutorials, etc. – GitHub – AboutRSS/ALL-about-RSS: A list of RSS related stuff: tools, services, communities and tutorials, etc.
An in-house project to create a collection of blogs to help people find good blogs that interest them.
I really like the look and feel of Phil Gyford’s directory. I keep my own directory on my website, I wonder about presenting this OPML in a similar format?
Chris Aldrich (boffosocko.com)In the recent Twitter Migration, in addition to trying out Mastodon, I’ve been seeing some people go back to blogs or platforms like Micro.blog, WordPress, Tumblr, WriteFreely (like Mastodon it’s a part of the Fediverse, but built for blogging instead of short posts) and variety of others. They?…
Sorry, late to getting to this piece Chris, as I get to my feeds in my own time. I have long lived a feed first existence. Even when engaging with Twitter, I have been consuming via my feed reader. I just realised that I can also produce a feed for Mastodon too using Granary.io. I sometimes feel like I am late to the conversation, however on the flip side I feel that the conversation is more in hand. I feel that if it is worth having then waiting is fine.
I really like the search suggestions. Personally, I use Granary to follow, but really like customising the feed by kind as well as people.
A simple bookmarklet to find the RSS feed for a YouTube channel. On a YouTube channel’s page, like this one, tap the bookmarklet and you’ll be redirected to its RSS feed.
I remember reading about how to capture the YouTube feed, but always found it cumbersome. Colin Devroe’s bookmarklet makes it all so much easier. I really should make more of an effort to collate my feeds reclaim my YouTube consumption.
Alec, I admit it is not necessarily optimal, could you possibly use either IMPORTFEED or IMPORTXML in Google Sheets and embed the sheet in the Google Site as an RSS Feed? Here is an example you could easily adapt and embed.
Inspired by Web Rings from the 90s, I created a tool for serendipitous discovery of blogs called RSS Discovery Engine. Similar to how web rings work, I make the assumption that interesting blogs will tend to link to other related blogs, and therefore, linked blogs are likely to also be interesting.
With RSS Discovery Engine, Brandon Quakkelaar provides another potential for serendipity and possibly rewilding attention.
So, you wanted to follow this nice website for new content, but it doesn’t have an RSS feed yet? Don’t worry, because Inoreader got you covered, again! Introducing Web feeds
Whenever you see a web page with a series of updates, be it news articles, blog posts, classifieds, product updates, weath…
Inoreader provide the means to turn any website into a RSS feed. My only concern with this is the dependancy on Inoreader, but it does make the process a lot easier. I created a feed for Double J. What disappoints me thought is that a site like www.abc.net.au used to fully embrace RSS. I do not get why they walked away from this?
🧇 A Github action that generates an RSS feed from a list of public Instagram accounts – katydecorah/instagram-rss-action
The commercial economy might rely on data, tracking and surveillance – though I still think it could do just fine without it – but the email newsletter boom shouldn’t.
I initially followed you via email as a subscriber, but in recent times I have unsubscribed and started following via RSS. I am intrigued how that information is gathered?
What are you using for RSS reader? I find that when I use an RSS reader, I’m more likely to focus on content than flit around via social media.
Miguel, I use Inoreader. I like the ability to subscribe to a feed that I store on my own site.
I didn’t really like how Feedly organised the various categories and always found it tedious to backup my OPML to share with others. The answer is to subscribe to an OPML Feed stored in the links of a WordPress site, rather than upload a static file.