IfRssWereARiver

Context : CuteSimiles

An analogy between RSS and RiverNetworks?

RiverNetworks? have a potential difference, or a force of flow, pushing information in one direction.

Can we perceive the same in InformationFlows??

RiverNetworks? follow a PowerLaw. Lots of little rivers pick up water from small catchment areas. A few big ones pull from the larger area.

Maybe an analogy with BroadCatching. A few blog capture a wide range of audience participation, more capture small.

or TextCast

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Feeds as streams(Garden by a babbling stream) : http://www.xanadb.com/archive/about/200307161200

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RobertCringely? : What is a web log, really? The best ones are full of ideas, I suppose, but are they lakes or streams or even fountains of thoughts?

• http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20040610.html

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• ThemeRiver

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See also GardenImagologies, and this :

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/navLinks/fog0000000262.html

DaveWiner's Radio Userland appeals to people because it follows the pattern of Windows Overlooking Life. Software that understands the Hierarchy of Space pattern is easier to comprehend.

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Hmmm. DaveWiner talks about a River of News : http://blog.reallysimplesyndication.com/riverOfNews, must have been [reading] this page, no?

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See also TheFlowInternet, WebLogs, BlogosphereAsACity