---
title: "Points of Presence"
date: 2005-07-26
author: "Richard MacManus"
categories:
  - name: "ReadWriteWeb"
    url: "/category/readwriteweb.md"
tags:
  - name: "2005"
    url: "/tag/2005.md"
---

# Points of Presence

[![logogle](https://web.archive.org/web/20060508063109im_/http://www.readwriteweb.com/images/rwwoogle2.gif)](https://web.archive.org/web/20060508063109/http://www.logogle.com/ggl.php?hl=ja&lo=Read%2FWriteWeb) – [Google does RSS… sort of](https://web.archive.org/web/20060508063109/http://www.google.com/ig) (you can now add RSS feeds to your Personalized page by clicking ‘Create a Section’. It’s made with cool Ajax, but this is no RSS Aggregator folks… come on Google, you can do much better!)- [Attention Trust](https://web.archive.org/web/20060508063109/http://www.attentiontrust.org/) is a project led by Steve Gillmor and others that is the next evolution of his Attention idea ([TechCrunch](https://web.archive.org/web/20060508063109/http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=100) breaks it down) – [FeedShake: Merge, sort and filter RSS feeds](https://web.archive.org/web/20060508063109/http://www.feedshake.com/) (not a new idea, but if services like these manage all the behind-the-scenes stuff for users… well it could be a winner) – [Denver Post’s NewsHound service](https://web.archive.org/web/20060508063109/http://www.feld.com/blog/archives/2005/07/denver_post_new.html) is a “private-label RSS reader built on top of the NewsGator Media Platform” (lots of these customized RSS Readers in the media market right now) \[[via David Beisel](https://web.archive.org/web/20060508063109/http://www.genuinevc.com/archives/2005/07/newshound_makes.htm)\] – [Poynter: Shhh, don’t mention RSS](https://web.archive.org/web/20060508063109/http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=31&aid=85859) (media companies are introducing branded RSS Readers, but not mentioning the term ‘RSS’ when promoting it) – [New “Blog Talk” feature on Newsweek website, powered by Technorati](https://web.archive.org/web/20060508063109/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8682506/site/newsweek/) (interesting use of blogosphere tracking in a mainstream publication) \[[via Susan Mernit](https://web.archive.org/web/20060508063109/http://susanmernit.blogspot.com/2005/07/newsweek-launches-blogtalk-feature.html)\] – [Silkworm: web 2.0 apps require failure analysis](https://web.archive.org/web/20060508063109/http://silkworm.talis.com/blog/archives/2005/07/the_downs_and_u.html) (some excellent points to note for Developers and Remix Artists alike) – [ Susan Mernit on Web 2.0:](https://web.archive.org/web/20060508063109/http://susanmernit.blogspot.com/2005/07/web-20-its-about-connecting-dots-no-we.html) It’s about connecting the dots–no, we ARE the dots (nice summary of one of the main themes of Web 2.0 – it’s about connecting people and ‘small pieces’ together) – [David Weinberger gives his blessing to Web 2.0](https://web.archive.org/web/20060508063109/http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/mtarchive/004268.html) (quote: “…put all of the Web integrative pieces together and make them available to more and more people, and you’re talking about something different because you’ve changed the *politics* of the technology.”) – [ More Web 2.0 for teachers](https://web.archive.org/web/20060508063109/http://pedersondesigns.com/2005/07/20/understanding-the-new-information-environment/) (I love how academia is putting all our theory and tools into practise. Check out this post “Understanding Web 2.0 and the New Information Environment” from pedersondesigns.com) – [ Yahoo Buys Widget-maker Konfabulator](https://web.archive.org/web/20060508063109/http://www.siliconbeat.com/entries/2005/07/24/yahoo_buys_konfabulator_maker_enters_widget_business.html) (what are widgets? A quote from [Yahoo Widgets website](https://web.archive.org/web/20060508063109/http://widgets.yahoo.com/): “These little guys hang out on your screen and give you quick, easy access to favorite content.”) – [Tim O’Reilly says](https://web.archive.org/web/20060508063109/http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2005/07/yahoo_buys_konf.html) web software companies buying desktop software companies (e.g. Yahoo buys Konfabulator) is a sign of a “long term platform shift that I’ve been calling Web 2.0.”

*Originally published on ReadWriteWeb ([archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20020204040018/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/points_of_prese_1.php))*