https://www.pubsub.com/blog Making the Most of the Matching Engine Tue, 08 Mar 2005 21:53:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 The subscription of the day today is Garret Graff, who was the first blogger to get access to the White House briefing yesterday. https://www.pubsub.com/blog/archives/2005/03/08/garret-graff/ Today is International Women’s Day. What are bloggers writing about? https://www.pubsub.com/blog/archives/2005/03/08/international-womens-day/ The PubSub Matchbox is a weblog by Steven M. Cohen, a librarian at PubSub Concepts. It is written with the end user in mind, showing the various ways in which PubSub can work for them. The weblog will include, but is not necessarily limited to, the following: 1) A daily post ... https://www.pubsub.com/blog/archives/2005/03/08/what-is-the-pubsub-matchbox/ Gnomedex will be held this year in Seattle. If you look at the bottom of the front page, you’ll see a PubSub subscription for the event. The best way to keep track of the event as it unfolds? Why PubSub, of course. https://www.pubsub.com/blog/archives/2005/03/08/track-gnomedex-with-pubsub/ The glitz and glamour of the Oscars were in rare form last night. Here at PubSub headquarters, we were busy counting up the mentions of the nominees over the past 3 weeks in the millions of weblogs, news resources, and press releases (I’ll call them the big three) ... https://www.pubsub.com/blog/archives/2005/02/28/oscar-tallies/ This week, the TOW involves the art of making an ego feed with the PubSub matching system. For those who don’t know, an ego feed involves the creation of a subscription to match your name. Thus, whenever someone mentions you in a weblog post or in the news, ... https://www.pubsub.com/blog/archives/2005/02/25/tip-of-the-week-ego-feeds/ I’m going to try out new segment on the blog. Called “What’s Hot", I’ll link to hot new items in different media outlets (books, DVDs, etc) and create subscriptions around them. I’ll try to do this once every other week and see how it goes. What’s Hot in DVDs 1) ... https://www.pubsub.com/blog/archives/2005/02/24/whats-hot-dvds/ The big news on the Web today is that Paris Hilton’s sidekick (no, not Nicole Richie) was hacked. Follow the thread (some content may not be SFW). Some other stories and people in the news today: 1) A 6.4 magnitude earthquake shook Iran last night. 2) An American citizen has been ... https://www.pubsub.com/blog/archives/2005/02/22/hacked/ The big news in the blogosphere today was the death of Hunter S. Thompson (Subscription of the Day), who committed suicide last night. In other news, Warner Brothers has updated the Looney Toons. Say hello to Loonatics. Also, the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is ... https://www.pubsub.com/blog/archives/2005/02/21/presidents-day-post/ The tip of the week focuses on one of the less-known tools that PubSub offers. That of SEC filings. You can be notified via RSS, the sidebar, or e-mail of any filings submitted to the SEC by any public company. The following parameters can be used: ... https://www.pubsub.com/blog/archives/2005/02/18/tip-of-the-week/