Author Archives: David

XML-RPC for .Net

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XML-RPC.Net is a library with which to implement XML-RPC clients and services in .Net. This should save a lot of time for anyone trying to integrate .Net apps with existing services (such as some of the weblog APIs out there). Found via syndirella.

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MT 2.62 and Counting

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Another upgrade to MT has been released to fix a security vulnerability. A good illustration of why it’s often smart to not implement an x.0 release right off the bat (not just with MS products).

I give them big points for being very responsive and quick to fix these issues when they are identified. Bigger points are available for catching them before release. 🙂

Aggie 1.0 RC5

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A new version of Aggie is out.

This looks like a major upgrade. The most exciting new featrue, imho, is this:

Aggie can now be taught how to transform any structured web page into an RSS feed. This is useful for sites that produce content in an orderly fashion, but publish no RSS feeds of their own (such as MSDN).

Now I can get many sites into my aggregator even if they don’t publish an RSS feed.

CM Implementation is Hard

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From the Intranet Focus Blog:

A CMS is probably the most complex rollout an organization will manage. Even a change to the desktop IT environment is less of a challenge. Indeed, only organizations that have implemented an ERP application or a document management application are likely to have had any related experience.

It is a huge process that requires lots of buy-in and support from around the organization in order to succeed. For membership associations, such as where I work, implementing a CMS is very similar to implementing a new association management system and comes in a close second as far as degree of difficulty.