Archive for February, 2010

Software Industry Conference

February 25th, 2010

Registration is open for the a href=http://www.sic.org target=_blank Software Industry Conference/a scheduled for July 15-17th in Dallas, TX.br / br / Presentation a href=http://www.sic.org/files/SIC-2010-Call_for_Papers.pdf target=_blank abstract proposals/a are being accepted through February 28th.

RSS Feeds for the Freelancer

February 23rd, 2010

Large collection of a href=http://freelancefolder.com/100-rss-feeds-for-the-well-rounded-freelancer/ target=_blank RSS feeds specifically for the freelancer/a.

FutureRSS PHP Script

February 22nd, 2010

The a href=http://www.feedforall.com/future-rss.htm target=_blank Future RSS/a script is used to automatically delay the publication of Items in an RSS feed. This allows Items in a RSS feed to be created ahead of time, and then slowly released over a period of time. Many people have tried to set the PubDate field on their RSS feed Items to a future date and time, in an attempt to have that particular item become visible to their feeds subscribers on that particular date and time. Unfortunately, they will soon find out that many RSS readers and aggregators dont honor future PubDates, and immediately show all their feeds items. The future-rss.php script hides the future items from RSS feed readers and aggregators, until their PubDate becomes current.
When determining what RSS feed reader to download, thought should be given to security. More an more publishers are using RSS feeds as a way to deliver podcasts or media rich-content. Users of desktop software will want to find an RSS reader that allows for rich media to be delivered safely and securely.br / br / Web surfers might want to give thought to another consideration of cross compatibility and synchronization. With the advances in RSS readers, many subscribers use multiple platforms to read their feeds. While this is convenient, if the the web surfer is not using a synchronized solution, they find themselves marking the same feed items read multiple times.br / br / br / a href=http://www.feedforall.com/videos/select-an-rss-reader.htm target=_blank Video Tutorial - How to Select an RSS Reader/a
List of a href=http://www.accountingdegree.com/blog/2010/100-best-rss-feeds-for-your-financial-literacy/ target=_blank top financial feeds/a.

Top 10 Web Design Sins

February 17th, 2010

Many webmasters repeat the mistakes made by their predecessors. Take a look at these Top 10 most common web design sins. Have you fallen victim to any of these?br / br / bSin #1 - Using Techie-Speak/bbr / br / Many websites fail to communicate in terms that website visitors can understand. Set the technical jargon aside, and use simple language and words that will be easy for your audience to understand. Web copy should be written in simple terms. Also, keep in mind that the Internet audience is global, and using language that is more common and easy to comprehend will often expand your reach, even to include non-native speakers.br / br / a href=http://www.small-business-software.net/top-10-webdesign-mistakes.htm target=_blank Top 10 Web Design Sins/a

RSS2HTML.com

February 16th, 2010

Free a href=http://www.rss2html.com target=_blank service to display RSS feeds as HTML/a.

RSS Feed Icons

February 15th, 2010

Collection of a href=http://naldzgraphics.net/freebies/800-most-wanted-free-rss-icons-for-bloggers/ target=_blank RSS Feed icons/a.
Find ideas for Valentines Day. Great romantic gift ideas, suggestions and articles for a href=http://www.valentine-shop.com/feed.php target=_blank valentines via RSS Feed/a.

Meet The First Miners of the New Social Graph.

Fascinating article on the intersection of real life and social networking at a very high level.