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Creating and Consuming Syndication Feeds in ASP.NET 3.5
23 February 09 07:21 AM | Scott Mitchell | with no comments

Do you run a website that routinely publishes new content? If so, does your site offer a syndication feed ? A syndication feed is an XML file that summarizes the most recently published content and is commonly used in blogs, news sites, sports sites,...

Filed under: ASP.NET Talk, Blogs, RSS, Web 2.0

Blogs are the Most Important Innovation of the 21st Century
13 February 09 08:35 AM | Scott Mitchell | with no comments

A case could be made that blogs and blog hosting websites like WordPress and Blogger are, so far, the most important innovation of this century, technological or otherwise. Prior to the advent of blogs, publishing online was a task reserved for the computer...

Filed under: Blogs, RSS, Web 2.0

What Do You Use to Read / Consume Blogs, News Sites, and Other RSS Feeds?
09 June 08 12:39 PM | Scott Mitchell | with no comments

When I first started blogging and reading others' blogs, I tried out two stand-alone desktop applications for keeping up to date with my favorite bloggers and other news sites: RssBandit - an open-source application created in C# by Microsoftie Dare Obasanjo...

Filed under: Blogs, RSS, Web 2.0

Supporting HTTP Authentication and Forms Authentication in a Single ASP.NET Web Site
23 June 06 10:24 AM | Scott Mitchell | with no comments

Authenticating users visiting an Internet-based website is usually accomplished in one of two ways: Using Forms authentication - here a user is prompted for their credentials through a standard web page form Using HTTP authentication - RFC 2617 defines...

Filed under: ASP.NET Talk, Blogs, RSS, Web 2.0

Free, Focused ASP.NET Headlines - Consolidated Your Way!
03 January 06 10:54 AM | Scott Mitchell | with no comments

Ever since creating RssFeed (an open source ASP.NET control designed to display content from an RSS feed in an ASP.NET web page), I've used the control to display the latest headlines from www.asp.net on the 4Guys ASP.NET homepage . About a month ago...

Filed under: Miscellaneous, Blogs, RSS, Web 2.0

Google Base - Search Crap Easier!
26 October 05 02:41 PM | Scott Mitchell | with no comments

The 'blogosphere' is abuzz with Google's latest pre-pre-Alpha release, Google Base (the first pre- is in there because the product isn't even released yet, save for http://base.google.com , which is up sometimes, down othertimes, and doesn't really do...

Filed under: Blogs, RSS, Web 2.0

The Future of Third-Party Offline Aggregators? Are RssBandit and its Kin Dead Weight?
05 October 05 06:58 PM | Scott Mitchell | with no comments

There are a number of popular offline aggregators available. By 'offline' I mean that these aggregators can be used while not connected to the Internet. For example, my aggregator of choice is RssBandit , which is an offline aggregator. There's also the...

Filed under: Blogs, RSS, Web 2.0

Google Video, Personalized Search, and MSAdSense - Oh My!
26 September 05 09:32 PM | Scott Mitchell | with no comments

One of my favorite attributes of the web is the abbreviated length of the software cycle. With desktop software there's this whole mess of burning bits to a CD and shipping them to some physical location, which requires that users actually take the time...

Filed under: Blogs, RSS, Web 2.0

Google Blog Search
16 September 05 09:48 AM | Scott Mitchell | with no comments

Google's added yet another beta product to their lineup, this time it's the Google Blog Search . This new search service competes directly with other blog search engines, such as IceRocket and Technorati . I've been using IceRocket to search the “blogosphere...

Filed under: Blogs, RSS, Web 2.0