I am working on an RSS project called FeedHenry (but launching soonish as Millifeed) and would appreciate your help. If you have an OPML file from your current aggregator please send it on to me. We want to have as many relevant feeds as possible when we launch. Anyone sending in their OPML file will get onto the beta access queue and I’ll buy you a pint should we ever meet in a pub. Thanks.
If you are a web-developer in Ireland, or willing to live here, and want to be involved in a public RSS project then drop me an email. We are looking for someone who knows CSS, XHTML and JavaScript. That means you can do it in a text-editor, not dragging-and-dropping in Dreamweaver. It means you either already do OO in JavaScript or are willing to learn. Ajax and all that goodness too. Experience, qualification etc. requirements are not set in stone, if we see the steely glint of a web-dev in your eye it will be good.
The lads over at CMP who are affiliated with O’Reilly have stirred up a hornet’s nest. They are claiming ownership over the use of Web 2.0 in the title of conferences and events. So nobody but O’Reilly and CMP will be able to put Web 2.0 in their conference title. This issue came to the fore when CMP issued the IT@Cork lads a cease and desist letter for their use of Web 2.0 in their IT@Cork Web 2.0 Conference. A number of bloggers have responded and O’Reilly have made their thoughts known.
This is relevant to me on three fronts. One, I am working on a Web 2.0 project. Two, IT@Cork is just down the road from us here in Waterford and we had been planning on going to the conference for a good few weeks now. Three, I danced with Tim in Las Vegas. He is on holiday and I’d be surprised if he has anything to do with this controversy.
We are still going to that conference. So the lads and I here at FeedHenry have put together two t-shirts with the above slogan on it. It is a good opportunity for us and also I think a suitable statement for the Web 2.0 community (obviously we don’t speak for everyone nor do we claim to. We also aren’t putting any markup on the t-shirts, just the CafePress base-price.) I’ll see if we can bring a bunch to the conference and hand them out.
On the whole issue; I am surprised O’Reilly are involved. They have always seemed switched onto the developer community and would have known that any attempt to cash in on Web 2.0 would backfire. It seems more like what some zealous lawyer in CMP has done. O’Reilly’s statement probably does not reflect the internal conversation going on but they can’t be seen to go against what CMP have done. All in all a right royal mess and a big boon for IT@Cork.
Are you looking for a job? Do you want to work with feeds and information syndication technologies? Think you are up for a Web 2.0 project that you will be proud to work on? Ever felt like living and working in Ireland?
If so then we are looking for you; an enthusiastic developer to come work with Brian and I on the FeedHenry.com project.
Here is the job spec:
The FeedHenry project team in the commercialisation group of Waterford Institute of Technologies TSSG research group is looking for an enthusiastic and talented software developer to join our team. The successful candidate will work on an
innovative and challenging project that aims to change the way end users, developers, and businesses look at and use syndicated information.Candidates should meet these requirements:
- 2+ years development experience with C# and the
.NET Framework- Working knowledge of SQL and Microsoft SQL Server
- Familiarity with information syndication technologies
(RSS, ATOM, etc)- Familiarity with Agile development practices
- Familiarity with web services is desirable
- 4 year degree in computing (or equivalent
demonstrable work experience)Other skills desired, although not required, include:
- JavaScript
- HTML and CSS
- Ruby and Ruby on Rails
- MySQL
The development team work in an agile-based development environment and have access to a dedicated Verification and Validation group. The successful candidate will be based in the new Waterford Institute of Technology Carriganore campus in Waterford.
You can read more about The TSSG and careers there or you can drop me an email with your CV and why you want to work on FeedHenry.
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