I've been beta testing FeedDemon for a few weeks and love it. Now you can beta test it too. This is the RSS News Aggregator from Nick Bradbury, the guy who wrote Allaire's (now Macromedia) HomeSite.  [The Scobleizer Weblog]

Mr. Safe.  In the spirit of Jon Udell and Tim Bray, here is my version of a conversation with Mr. Safe. Mr. Safe: We need to get moving on this extranet project; our partners want better information.IT Manager: It's coming along fine; I am going to use RSS for the newsfeeds.Mr. Safe: Is our biggest partner OK with… Continue reading Mr. Safe

National Do-Not-Call Registry Overwhelmed by Eager Public. People eager to block telemarketing calls overwhelmed a government Web site that began accepting phone numbers on Friday. By Matt Richtel. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]

Jon Udell: My Conversation with Mr Safe. A must-read. Udell converses with Tim Bray's Mr Safe about RSS. Tim's claim that RSS is not deployable by conservative corporate managers was instrumental in getting the frenzy over Echo cooking. But Bray was wrong, RSS is in fact being widely deployed by lots of Mr Safes. And… Continue reading My Conversation with Mr Safe

10 UI dev situations. 10 UI dev situations: At Boxes & Arrowsm, Brian Krause describes ten common sticky situations when a group is trying to design an interface to a tool. He describes the symptom (what someone says when they disagree with you), the… [JD on MX]

An introduction to Twisted.  David Mertz: Network programming with the Twisted framework, Part 1« Twisted is an increasingly popular pure-Python framework for programming network services and applications. While there are a large number of loosely coupled modular components within Twisted, a central concept to the framework is the idea of non-blocking asynchronous servers.  … [Zope Newbies>]

Understanding information taxonomy helps build better apps. Builder.com article examines basic taxonomy overview. I'm particularly interested in seeing how IA subjects like this are presented to a wider audience of non-IA specialists. I wonder if a 2 page summary dumbs things down too much, or if it offers a way for interested readers to be… Continue reading Understanding information taxonomy helps build better apps

The Rapidly Changing Internet Experience. Can you feel it yet? News aggregators are dramatically changing the Internet experience. And quickly. [DennisKennedy.blog]

Two Florida cities in Milken's list of best U.S. cities. Two Florida cities — Fort Myers and West Palm Beach — took the third and fourth spots. [ABC Action News via Moreover]

Design According to Ive. At the launch of Apple's new Power Mac G5, Wired News was granted an exclusive tour of the new machines by Jonathan Ive, Apple's lead industrial designer. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]