The problems that Jo Freeman highlights in The Tyranny of Structurelessness, I have witnessed time and time again (though I don't agree with some of Freeman's suppositions). This is, as has been pointed out, the great thing about OPML and open source models built around including one another's files, rather than creating 'shared spaces' like wikis: that nobody can mess up your turf. If you don't like what I'm doing, fork. But, when it's in my space, it's my stuff. 

This is good: we have lots of ideas for OPML development (via). 

Have we got any Final Cut Pro users out there who'd be willing to maintain an OPML file listing FCP websites and resources (plugins, hacks, tips, downloads and learning materials, courses etc.)? If so, email me. 

Just because Flickr removed the 'e' doesn't mean everyone has to. Latest instance: Transistr. It's not even a Web 2.0 thing. It's a damn RSS reader and podcatcher. 

Though I agree that ODP sucks, I don't think that Google necessarily thinks of ODP as authoritative as Dave does. It thinks of it as the only option, which is why we need to do better - whether that's OPML or something else. We need to build something better than ODP, and I'm doing it! 

Dave pointed to this comment by Chris Tolles, cofounder of the ODP. Read this, then read Dave's comment below. There's good reasons to believe that Dave's decentralised solution is the answer. 

Channels and content are not the same 

BBC News are reporting that TV 'reach' is dropping for those aged 16-24, and a little less for 25-34. Of course, it has everything to do with the Internet. The Internet is teaching the world the lesson that television doesn't want to hear - that content and channels are completely seperale and recombinable at the whim of the user. That's something which naïve designers don't understand.

Someone who I was briefly acquainted to didn't understand this lesson either. They loved Flash. I explained to them the problems with Flash, namely that you can't print Flash content, nor can it be viewed by people with blind screen readers, nor can it be cut-and-pasted by bloggers and those who are analysing it.

He then said "Well, I can let them do so if I want to."

As if he not only owned the content but had the right to prevent anybody doing anything with it beyond looking at it on a screen.

The television companies want the same thing as my clueless Flash developer acquaintance. They want to ignore the simple fact that people don't want to watch a programme at a certain time. They want to watch it when they want to watch it.