The weblog of Steve Ivy, going since 1999 in one form or another. Still something of a CMS junkie.
XVI Edition.
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OK, I didn’t trash Dave before. Now I’m ready to. Dave has made a big deal about RSS 0.91 being his format of choice for content syndication. Now he’s developing RSS 0.92 on his own, and writing tools that not only use the new elements of RSS 0.92, but his software has stopped using the tags RSS 0.91 introduced! How are we supposed to join Dave’s “flow” if he swaps out features on us?
After spending time learning just about every other interesting scripting language undet the sun, I realized recently that I had totally neglected a powerful tool, right under my nose: Applescript.
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RSSPuller is an applescript applet that works with a fantastic Mac outliner called BrainForest. Brainforest Professional is the desktop version of a Aportis‘s Palm outliner. BrainForest is also very scriptable, with a flexible object model for manipulating outlines. Here’s what you end up with from RSSPuller:
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RSSPuller is an applescript applet that works with a fantastic Mac outliner called BrainForest. Brainforest Professional is the desktop version of a Aportis’s Palm outliner. BrainForest is also very scriptable, with a flexible object model for manipulating outlines. Here’s what you end up with from RSSPuller:
RSSPuller script:
rss-and-outlines
RSSPuller is an applescript applet that works with a fantastic Mac outliner called BrainForest. Brainforest Professional is the desktop version of a Aportis’s Palm outliner. BrainForest is also very scriptable, with a flexible object model for manipulating outlines. Here’s what you end up with from RSSPuller:
I know that very few people read this site, but for those who do, I have a question. Today on Scripting News Dave says:
The BBC reviewed several free website Content Management Systems including Editthispage.com, Free-Conversant, and WikiWeb.com.