2005 May 21

Brent Simmons designed what is arguably the first elegant newsreader, NetNewsWire, back in 2002 for the Mac OS X platform. Version 2.0 released last week with support for podcasting, feed searches and a number of other major enhancements. Brent is a local Seattleite, a former developer of Radio Userland and an avid science fiction fan. In this first hour of the show, Chris and Brent talk about the history of NetNewsWire, the future of NetNewsWire and a host of other RSS related topics.

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Let me illustrate to you why I don't put full text in my RSS feeds anymore.
From a NGOS search feed for the keyword “lockergnome,” I discovered a link to an
article that had been posted to our RSS channel:

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Via Slyck, a press release from the MPAA:

“There is no better example of how theft dims the magic of the movies for everyone than this report today regarding BitTorrent providing users with illegal copies of Revenge of the Sith.”

“Fans have been lined up for days to see Revenge of the Sith. To preserve the quality of movies for fans like these and so many others, we must stop these Internet thieves from illegally trading valuable copyrighted materials on-line.”

Bullsh*t! Counterpoint:

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