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It communicates important entrepreneurial manageme...

2010-02-03T22:37:29.146-08:00

It communicates important entrepreneurial management practices, such as how your venture will mitigate risk, and how your venture will manage uncertainty. Most importantly, new business venturing is now about focusing on creating sustainable value. jimmy
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Question: How is this better than an OPML list of ...

2009-09-17T09:08:27.981-07:00

Question: How is this better than an OPML list of Twitter feeds?

If I have an OPML document that lists a bunch of feeds in this format:
http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/7016582.rss

Then that ID number is the only thing I need to follow that user, read his tweets, make any API call I like. I don't need the username or anything else. If I want all the rest of the info about him, a simple call to http://twitter.com/users/show/7016582.xml (note the ID number there is the same) gives me everything I need to know about him.

Furthermore, with the OPML listing, I could also import the exact same document into an RSS Client, like Google Reader, and instantly subscribe to all those Twitter users in one step.

So, what value does having this new spec add, besides incompatibility with all existing OPML applications?

Is there an API

2009-09-10T13:40:02.580-07:00

Is there an API

Great idea! I hope it'll get the traction it deser...

2009-09-10T07:48:33.266-07:00

Great idea! I hope it'll get the traction it deserves.