Another feedBase change. When viewing a user's feed list, we sort the feeds alphabetically by title, and don't include the follower count. It makes sense on the hotlist, but not when looking at the feeds an individual user subscribes to.#
We now merge duplicate items on the feedBase hotlist. So if there are two ways to reference a feed, we add the two counts, and remove one of them. I did it by hand, by looking for duplicates, added code that does the merging. If you spot other duplicates please let me know. #
I need a MySQL mentor or two. While I was working on BingeWorthy and early versions of feedBase, I had two really good mentors, JY Stervinou and Scott Hanson. I don't want to lean just on them, so I'm putting out a call for a few people with MySQL experience so I can ask questions, and get answers based on experience. Saves a lot of time, and it will make feedBase more robust. With that in mind I have a basic question today, posted here. Thanks in advance! 💥#
Usually when I criticize a professional journalist they ignore it. Not very often they respond. I don't mind if they disagree, and push back, but I most definitely do mind if they question the idea of my criticizing their work at all. Last week I had such an encounter, privately. #- The criticism of a blogger, a user, someone who isn't trying to maintain access, or please advertisers, is imho more likely to locate a truth about your product, from their point of view, of course.. I never maintain that mine is the only valid point of view, just that it is mine. Take it for what it's worth.#
- I also have been wrong many times. Famously when desktop publishing was the rage in the mid-80s, I said no one wanted to do it. Hah. It turned out that everyone did, at least at the time. #
- That said, I've also been right. #
- I love it when people take the time to respond to what I write, or give me a good bug report on my software. As long as it's thoughtful and makes a point. I even appreciate the effort when they don't. But to outright invalidate the criticism without response? Only scoundrels do that. 💥#
- I've written here, a couple of times, why I like Axios. #
- Today I did a little video demo of Axios and Fast Company, to illustrate.#
- Axios gets to the point right away, in the first paragraph. And they name names, in a skimmable way. It's designed to be read on the web, quickly.#
- Other publications, such as Fast Company, have evolved in a different way. Their goal is to keep you reading, by never getting to the point. I almost always give up before figuring out what it was. Which has trained me not to click on FC links.#
- Here's the demo.#