Comments on: If you had a working Wayback Machine, what would you tell yourself in 1998? http://timwindsor.com/2008/10/10/if-you-had-a-working-wayback-machine-what-would-you-tell-you-in-1998/ Tim Windsor, online Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:12:14 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: timwindsor http://timwindsor.com/2008/10/10/if-you-had-a-working-wayback-machine-what-would-you-tell-you-in-1998/comment-page-1/#comment-55 timwindsor Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:42:34 +0000 http://timwindsor.com/?p=224#comment-55 It took years for "open source" to migrate from heresy to a mild oath to the point where it's generally accepted in the news business. I think it's largely generational, as the Big Iron folks move on and the new blood comes in with real-world experience using open-source.<br><br>Also, when a lot of us started in this field, there were no decent tools, so large organizations got in the habit of custom-coding or buying the few and very expensive commercial options (Hello Vignette Storyserver and ColdFusion!). Those habits are hard to break, but the reality is that there are many outstanding publishing tools that cost nothing and which large news organizations would be wise to adopt. It took years for “open source” to migrate from heresy to a mild oath to the point where it's generally accepted in the news business. I think it's largely generational, as the Big Iron folks move on and the new blood comes in with real-world experience using open-source.

Also, when a lot of us started in this field, there were no decent tools, so large organizations got in the habit of custom-coding or buying the few and very expensive commercial options (Hello Vignette Storyserver and ColdFusion!). Those habits are hard to break, but the reality is that there are many outstanding publishing tools that cost nothing and which large news organizations would be wise to adopt.

]]> By: Steve http://timwindsor.com/2008/10/10/if-you-had-a-working-wayback-machine-what-would-you-tell-you-in-1998/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Steve Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:15:00 +0000 http://timwindsor.com/?p=224#comment-54 Sure it's doable. Many open-source content management systems already do this, including the one Tim uses here for his site. Every tag has it's own feed associated to it within Wordpress. Sure it's doable. Many open-source content management systems already do this, including the one Tim uses here for his site. Every tag has it's own feed associated to it within Wordpress.

]]> By: Gus http://timwindsor.com/2008/10/10/if-you-had-a-working-wayback-machine-what-would-you-tell-you-in-1998/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Gus Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:15:24 +0000 http://timwindsor.com/?p=224#comment-53 So many good ideas here. I'd like to see people come to a news website, enter a keyword or search phrase, and the site then automatically generates a customized RSS feed based on that keyword. So, if I want to see every news article on a website that ever mentions "Steve Jobs", it's pulled into my reader. Doable? <br><br>So far, however, this is very cool: <a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/top/">http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/top/</a> So many good ideas here. I'd like to see people come to a news website, enter a keyword or search phrase, and the site then automatically generates a customized RSS feed based on that keyword. So, if I want to see every news article on a website that ever mentions “Steve Jobs”, it's pulled into my reader. Doable?

So far, however, this is very cool: http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/top/

]]> By: dave http://timwindsor.com/2008/10/10/if-you-had-a-working-wayback-machine-what-would-you-tell-you-in-1998/comment-page-1/#comment-52 dave Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:32:53 +0000 http://timwindsor.com/?p=224#comment-52 Good advice. Good advice.

]]> By: Mary http://timwindsor.com/2008/10/10/if-you-had-a-working-wayback-machine-what-would-you-tell-you-in-1998/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Mary Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:29:59 +0000 http://timwindsor.com/?p=224#comment-51 No. 12! No. 13! No. 12! No. 13!

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