Comments on: Pretty Empty Pipes http://mnteractive.com/archive/pretty-empty-pipes/ minnesota's interaction design community Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:26:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Raj http://mnteractive.com/archive/pretty-empty-pipes/#comment-3889 Raj Sun, 04 Mar 2007 19:49:46 +0000 http://mnteractive.com/archive/pretty-empty-pipes/#comment-3889 Nice idea, similar in concept to Apple Research Labs' Fabrik. I believe Pipes is now suffering from scalability issues on the server side. Funny, for some reason, they never took this into account when they started to develop it. Nice idea, similar in concept to Apple Research Labs’ Fabrik. I believe Pipes is now suffering from scalability issues on the server side. Funny, for some reason, they never took this into account when they started to develop it.

]]> By: Scripting News for 3/4/2007 « Scripting News Annex http://mnteractive.com/archive/pretty-empty-pipes/#comment-3888 Scripting News for 3/4/2007 « Scripting News Annex Sun, 04 Mar 2007 19:34:37 +0000 http://mnteractive.com/archive/pretty-empty-pipes/#comment-3888 [...] In February there was a lot of buzz about Pipes, Yahoo’s construction kit for feeds created from other feeds. A few weeks later it seems a good idea to ask how’s it doing? [...] […] In February there was a lot of buzz about Pipes, Yahoo’s construction kit for feeds created from other feeds. A few weeks later it seems a good idea to ask how’s it doing? […]

]]> By: aaron http://mnteractive.com/archive/pretty-empty-pipes/#comment-3835 aaron Mon, 19 Feb 2007 00:35:28 +0000 http://mnteractive.com/archive/pretty-empty-pipes/#comment-3835 If your goal is to search for or block against posts containing a keyword or phrase, <a href="http://feedrinse.com" rel="nofollow">feed rinse</a> is a lot easier to grok. Pipes is more for complex mashery. It does a good job, but it's geeky. If your goal is to search for or block against posts containing a keyword or phrase, feed rinse is a lot easier to grok. Pipes is more for complex mashery. It does a good job, but it’s geeky.

]]> By: Ed Kohler http://mnteractive.com/archive/pretty-empty-pipes/#comment-3830 Ed Kohler Sat, 17 Feb 2007 06:41:19 +0000 http://mnteractive.com/archive/pretty-empty-pipes/#comment-3830 I think the filtering capabilities could be powerful. For example, a local Star Tribune feed could be further filtered down to stories mentioning Longfellow. I think the filtering capabilities could be powerful. For example, a local Star Tribune feed could be further filtered down to stories mentioning Longfellow.

]]> By: aaron http://mnteractive.com/archive/pretty-empty-pipes/#comment-3825 aaron Fri, 16 Feb 2007 05:52:15 +0000 http://mnteractive.com/archive/pretty-empty-pipes/#comment-3825 Factoring in basic translation through babblefish is nice - we have product reviews we need to keep up on in asian language sets. Pipes makes that easier (but far from perfect.) IMO, Pipes will be very valuable for wide audiences. But it will be behind the scenes. Many thousands of Yahoo users are exposed to feeds on a daily basis and don't even know it. Pipes could factor in similarly. I'm waiting for niche experts to get in it and mash relevant feeds on narrow topics - eg: eating healthy, going carbon neutral, etc. The creator / topic expert can update the url's and operators, I can subscribe to the output. All is well. Factoring in basic translation through babblefish is nice - we have product reviews we need to keep up on in asian language sets. Pipes makes that easier (but far from perfect.)

IMO, Pipes will be very valuable for wide audiences. But it will be behind the scenes. Many thousands of Yahoo users are exposed to feeds on a daily basis and don’t even know it. Pipes could factor in similarly.

I’m waiting for niche experts to get in it and mash relevant feeds on narrow topics - eg: eating healthy, going carbon neutral, etc. The creator / topic expert can update the url’s and operators, I can subscribe to the output. All is well.

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