2006 March 18

What is OPML? “A few years ago, you might remember me heralding RSS as the content distribution format of the future. Well, that future is here today (and we’re still only beginning to tap into the power of XML-based syndication). You should understand one thing, however: RSS is written in XML, but XML is not RSS. There’s another XML document standard that’s emerging: OPML. In plain English, it stands for “Outline Processor Markup Language.â€Â?

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Scott Allen started his first company when he was 17 and now has over 20 years experience as an entrepreneur, executive and consultant in a variety of companies. Scott is the author of The Virtual Handshake: Opening Doors and Closing Deals Online, a book about doing business online. He’s also the Entrepreneur Guide at About.com. At SXSW 2006, Chris talked with Scott about what it means to be an online entrepreneur, what it means to be an About.com guide and the next projects on both their respective plates.

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Since I've started to track my daily input and output through CalorieKing's desktop software, it's been suggested that I also track my daily steps. I'd say I walk an average of… maybe 25 feet during the day? From the bedroom to the computer. Of course, I'm not allowing for short trips to the fridge for yogurt, I suppose. Just to get a handle on my walking habits, I've gotta get a pedometer. There are so many of 'em out there, and I'm really not keen on pedometers that come with diet cereal. I did a quick search for pedometers and turned up plenty of results. Problem is: I don't know what I'm looking for in a walk-tracker. Just to give you an idea, here are the top results from an Amazon search:

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Okay, we've been silent for a while – but for good reason. I can't share that reason with you right now, but I hope to be able to do so soon enough. Last night, I stumbled into a site run by Douglas – specifically, a page about Dynamic News Feeds. I flipped out when I saw all the favicons; I love favicons. Immediately, I believed that Douglas had retrieved these icons automatically from the feeds – but that may not have been the case (as evidenced by his favicon tool entry). Moments later, he had pointed me to an offsite script – and then hours later, he had built another one for himself. I showed them to Shayne, and he did something that I have never seen in a search engine:

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