At last a Feed Grazer I can put in my Blog sidebar! [1]
Scroll down the page here and see, on the left hand side, the Open Irish Directory as presented by Grazr Mini (powered by Grazr). Mike Kowalchik has done an amazing job of distilling the essence of Feed Grazing and presented it in a really slick package. The browser has an intuitive side-scrolling GUI with an arrow in the left hand margin to go back up a level of the hierarchy at any time. Try following this path for instance -
News & Media -> Blogging -> Ken McGuire -> Blogs -> Creative Imagination Blog -> eBusiness Seminar in Kilkenny
And see how the latest item from Ken McGuire's blog can be read inline. Just click on the 'Go to site / Read More' link for the rest. Or follow this path...
Arts, Culture & History -> Irish Film -> etc
... to see how Ken's Irish Film node is automagically sucked down from where he hosts it and included in the hierarchy. That's the magic of OPML inclusion and the power of a distributed OPML directory. Try...
Sport & Recreation -> Outdoor Adventure -> etc
.. to see how Robin Blandford's Outdoor Adventure directory is similarly automagically included. Or you could try...
Entertainment & Shopping -> Shopping -> etc
... to browse Paul O'Mahony's harvested links. And if you want a quick way to catch up on what the nominees for the Irish Blog Awards are saying you can follow the path...
Computers & Communicatins -> Industry Events & Exhibitions -> Irish Blog Awards -> etc
... to read the latest headlines from each blogger sorted by category. Perhaps you'd like to catch up on your Digital Rights? Then follow...
Government & Law -> Citizen Informatin, Services & Rights -> Digital Rights -> Digital Rights reading list
... to browse through Simon McGarr's extensive resource listing. Convinced yet that Feed Grazing in kinda useful? ;->
By the way, we're still looking for more node managers for the Open Irish Directory project. Please join us to help build out this free, distributed resource for Irish internet newbies. Wondering what you could build a node about? Well, your locality for starters! And most likely a hobby or interest. Just email me at address above for more information.
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[1] OPod can also be put in a blog sidebar if your server is setup correctly
Wow!
BTW it cuts over the text of the post on my browser.. ie6.(i guess you know that though)
Posted by: Paul O Mahony | March 09, 2006 at 01:34 PM
No, I hadn't seen that Paul. And I've tested it in both Firefox and IE. Can you describe how you mean? Or email a screenshot please? Thanks for the feedback - I'll pass it on to Mike Kowalchik.
Posted by: James Corbett | March 09, 2006 at 01:42 PM
seems to be fixed now James. The buttons were overlapping the text of the post, but I can't reproduce it.
Posted by: Paul O Mahony | March 09, 2006 at 02:01 PM
OK, now THAT is cool. I think I'm getting the hang of why you're so keen on feedgrazers, James!
Posted by: Dermod Moore | March 09, 2006 at 04:31 PM
:-)
Posted by: Robin Blandford | March 09, 2006 at 09:37 PM
Thats fantastic!
Posted by: CGorman | March 09, 2006 at 10:59 PM
Now that, thats really impressive!!
Posted by: Ken McGuire | March 11, 2006 at 02:24 PM