Reading Lists

Een groeiende verzameling van Reading Lists gerelateerde informatie die ik op frEdSCAPEs bij de hand wil houden.

Let op! Dit is geen enkele poging om een volledig dossier samen te stellen. Voor een volledig overzicht verwijs ik dus op voorhand al graag naar allerlei andere bronnen.

Let op: Relaties met: Dossier OPML en Dossier Beeds!

Reading Lists met Grazr.com

Een Grazr met uitleg van een Grazr

Last modified on 2008-07-02 07:50:58 GMT. 3 comments. Top.

Ik dacht: Laat ik eens proberen om kort uit te leggen wat een Grazr is. Maar dan wel in een vorm die makkelijk te delen is.

~ iPhone | iPod touch

Ik maak al jaren gebruik van deze geweldige service (Grazr.com) en heb daar de nodige Reading Lists staan:
~ Mijn Grazr verzameling
en die kan ik ook weer aanbieden als Reading List:
~ iPhone | iPod touch

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~ Screencast How to use Reading Lists
~ Video: How to make a Reading List with the OPML Editor

What is a reading list?

A reading list is an OPML document that contains a list of feeds. It is exactly the same format we use to exchange subscription lists between aggregators. The difference is in how the aggregator uses the list. Instead of importing a reading list, you subscribe to it. Every time the aggregator scans, it reads each list, and subscribes to all the feeds it contains, and unsubscribes from feeds that have been removed. It automatically adjusts to feeds that move. Think of it as a way to share lists of useful feeds.

Bron: OPML Editor support

Dynamic reading lists just got easier to read

BlogBridge version 2.13 has just been released, making it a lot easier to view dynamic reading lists in OPML. It is free and supports Windows, Mac, and Linux. There are plenty of RSS aggregators that allow you to import OPML files as a quick way of subscribing to a large number of feeds, but these are basically a static form of subscription. BlogBridge, on the other hand, is able to stay in synch with the original OPML. If you subscribe to an OPML file on a server, and the contents of the file changes, then the set of feeds that show up in BlogBridge also changes. This is what separates a reading list from a regular OPML file. The internal format isn’t different in a reading list, it is the fact that the contents of the file changes over time that makes an OPML file into a dynamic reading list. It isn’t completely obvious how to open an OPML file as a reading list in BlogBridge, as opposed to just subscribing to all of the file’s feeds, so here are the basic steps:

Select ‘Add Guide’ from the Guides menu.
Enter a title for the new Guide.
Select the ‘Reading List’ tab.
Click the ‘+’ button.
Enter the URL of a reading list. If you can’t find one to try, you can get started with the one I have created based on Tech Memorandum.
Click ‘Check and Add’.
Click ‘Add’.
When the new Guide appears, all of the feeds listed in the reading list will be read, and the feed items will then appear.

By default, BlogBridge only checks for new contents in the reading list when it is first run. This is fine if you tend to start the program, read some feeds, and then close it. If you keep the program open, as I do, you will probably want to tell it to recheck the contents of the OPML regularly and resynch to match. This is done by:

Selecting ‘Preferences’ from the Tools menu.
Clicking the ‘Reading Lists’ tab.
Changing the ‘Check for changed Reading Lists’ setting to ‘Once per Day’ or ‘Once per Hour.’

My enthusiasm on this subject has prompted some emails asking if I have a financial interest in promoting BlogBridge and reading lists, and the answer is no, although I am friends with Pito Salas, BlogBridge’s project leader. I am actively looking for other aggregators that support OPML reading lists, so if you know of one, let me know about it and I’ll be glad to write it up. I’ve said before that I believe RSS is a key component of the Web’s future growth, and OPML reading lists are a great way of delivering RSS. Bron: Adam Green, Darwinian Web [20060208]

How to edit a reading list with the OPML Editor

How to create and edit a reading list

To create a new reading list, launch the OPML Editor, choose New from the File menu, enter the feeds you want to subscribe to, and save the file to disk. If you save it to your www folder, it will automatically be uploaded to the hosting server where other people can subscribe to it. This is basic outlining, not hard to do. The challenging part is to “enter the feeds,” but I’ve added a command that makes that easy. It’s in the NewsRiver sub-menu of the Tools menu, and has a shortcut keystroke of Control-7 on Windows and Cmd-7 on Macintosh. Then, to enter a feed: 1. Copy the address of the feed to the clipboard. 2. Place the cursor near where you want the feed to appear in your outline. 3. Choose Add feed to outline from the NewsRiver sub-menu of the Tools menu. 4. Paste the address of the feed. 5. Click on OK. Another way of getting a feed into an outline is to open a subscription list that contains the feed with the OPML Editor and copy the feed and paste it into your reading list outline.

Bron: OPML Editor support Een screencast waarin Readinglist beheer wordt getoond ~ Reading List Video Reloaded op OPML Fan

Share your OPML

A commons for sharing outlines, feeds, and taxonomy. [Initiatief van Dave Winer]

~ Share Your OPML

Filosofiën/gedachtenspinsels

Reading Lists

Next steps in RSS, Reading Lists Reading lists are OPML documents that point to RSS feeds, like most of the OPML documents you find, but instead of subscribing to each feed in the document, the reader or aggregator subscribes to the OPML document itself. When the author of the OPML document adds a feed, the aggregator automatically checks that feed in its next scan, and (key point) when a feed is removed, the aggregator no longer checks that feed. THe editor of the OPML file can update all the subscribers by updating the OPML file. Think of it as sort of a mutual fund for subscriptions. Bron: Reallysimplesyndication.com: Next steps in RSS, Reading Lists Dave Winer 20051111 A roadmap for my work on OPML reading lists for RSS. [Scripting News]

Kosso/Listening Lists

I’m thinking alot these days about ‘Listening Lists’ – alot like ‘Reading Lists’ but for audio ~ LISTENING LISTS 20060205

Mijn eigen ReadingList

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Tuesday, February 7, 2006

Mijn Reading List

Vandaag ook maar meteen een experimentele Reading Listaangemaakt. » FredZReadingList.opml

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