http://mkelley.net/2004/07/04/cutting-to-the-chase/ Mon, 18 May 2009 21:21:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://mkelley.net/2004/07/04/cutting-to-the-chase/comment-page-1/#comment-694 Al Tue, 06 Jul 2004 09:07:29 +0000 http://wp.mkelley.net/2004/07/04/cutting-to-the-chase/#comment-694 I had a hard time finding a use for it. I signed up for it when it was new -- no special reason, I just like shiny thing -- but could never figure out what niche it was intended to fill. If you go with the theory that syndication is a way to deliver content rapidly and effeciently, putting it into a cruft filled page defeats the purpose. I have a desktop aggregator that does it far better and for remote uses I run a set of simple scripts that I have configured to present the feeds in a compact and customized way. I expect that those of use who care about RSS/Atom care enough to use a dedicated application (either web or freestanding) and as far as others go; put it this way, my mother (a confirmed news junkie) wouldn't touch Kinja with a ten foot pole. So who, exactly, besides Dentons advertisers do they serve? I had a hard time finding a use for it. I signed up for it when it was new — no special reason, I just like shiny thing — but could never figure out what niche it was intended to fill.
If you go with the theory that syndication is a way to deliver content rapidly and effeciently, putting it into a cruft filled page defeats the purpose. I have a desktop aggregator that does it far better and for remote uses I run a set of simple scripts that I have configured to present the feeds in a compact and customized way. I expect that those of use who care about RSS/Atom care enough to use a dedicated application (either web or freestanding) and as far as others go; put it this way, my mother (a confirmed news junkie) wouldn’t touch Kinja with a ten foot pole.
So who, exactly, besides Dentons advertisers do they serve?

]]> http://mkelley.net/2004/07/04/cutting-to-the-chase/comment-page-1/#comment-693 Pete Prodoehl Sun, 04 Jul 2004 14:07:33 +0000 http://wp.mkelley.net/2004/07/04/cutting-to-the-chase/#comment-693 I tried it out, but never really used it. It's just not for me, which is fine, I need an aggregator I can hack at. I tried it out, but never really used it. It’s just not for me, which is fine, I need an aggregator I can hack at.

]]> http://mkelley.net/2004/07/04/cutting-to-the-chase/comment-page-1/#comment-692 Bret Sun, 04 Jul 2004 07:07:30 +0000 http://wp.mkelley.net/2004/07/04/cutting-to-the-chase/#comment-692 I was disappointed once Kinja launched. After all the build-up, there wasn't much of a payoff. So much so that I never even bothered to get a user account - it just seems pointless. I was disappointed once Kinja launched. After all the build-up, there wasn’t much of a payoff. So much so that I never even bothered to get a user account – it just seems pointless.

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