Use RSS! RSS for more!

I agree completely with Phil.  Why don’t more people and entities
use RSS to let us know about things.  I have numerous Qwest DSL
lines … let me subscribe to the network status RSS feed!  Let me
subscribe to Open Source Software security/update notices.  Maybe
even my local government.

Using RSS for Service Announcements.

Why don’t Comcast and other ISPs use locality specific RSS feeds
to notify customers of upcoming schedule maintenance windows, customer
service alerts, and so on? For that matter, why can’t I subscribe to an
RSS feed for any product I buy that alerts me to upgrades, and so on?
As far as I know not even “in the RSS groove” companies do this. Create
product specific RSS feeds and display them prominently in the “About”
box, the product page on your Web site, and anytime the software is
downloaded.

[Windley’s Enterprise Computing Weblog]

Leave a Reply