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Cron Misbehaving, Updates Affected

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:44:00 -0500

I am currently trying to get to the bottom of a mysterious cron job problem (a cron job is the thing that runs automatically in the background to keep the feed updates current) .

Until I resolve it your feeds may update sporadically - I am sorry for the inconvenience.

Feed Crawler Enhancements

Sat, 17 Jan 2009 19:03:00 -0500

A major change to the feed crawler was just pushed out. Those of you who have written in to ask why some feeds were not being reported as updated should hopefully see many, if not all of them accurately displayed now.

The new crawler has 3 ways to try and get a feed and its latest update. Unfortunately there are some poorly formed feeds out there that do not contain a publish date and consequently cannot be crawled by Rososo.

Thanks to all of you for the reports, please continue to let me know if any feeds are not updating. I will do what I can to try and make them work.

New bookmark click behavior

Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:06:00 -0500

The feedback I received indicated that I was not alone in wanting the bookmarks to open in a new window / tab so I have implemented this. Additionally, the bookmarks will now disappear from the list as you click them.

Open Bookmarks in New Window / Tab?

Sun, 11 Jan 2009 12:27:51 -0500

My usual work flow when reading my Rososo bookmarks is to open all of them in a new tab, then close the tabs as I read through them. I do this on my computer by using ctrl/cmd + click, but this is not possible on the iPhone.

I find it annoying to have to navigate back to rososo.com after I chase down a link trail. Because of this, I am considering making the bookmarks automatically open in a new window / tab. If anyone has any comments on this please let me know.

hello@rososo.com

With a small snippet of Javascript, you can now put an...

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:02:00 -0500

With a small snippet of Javascript, you can now put an “Add to Rososo” badge on your site / page containing an R.S.S. Feed. Check the “About Rososo” tab on rososo.com for more information.

Rososo is back on line

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:42:00 -0500

If you haven’t noticed, Rososo has been down for a few days. I apologize to those of you who relied on it and hope you haven’t turned your attention elsewhere.

What Happened?

The short of it is that the original design of the feed crawler succumbed to.. well, poor design. It is back up with some major improvements but has been put on bed rest for the time being at its cheep hosting solution while I secure a final resting place on a speedy, dedicated server.

For now, feeds will be updated every 30 minutes until I can get the new server set up. I’m hoping to pull this off tonight but it may not happen until later this week.

-Billy

Left: Daring Fireball as seen by Rososo users. Right: Daring...

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:15:00 -0400

Left: Daring Fireball as seen by Rososo users.

Right: Daring Fireball as seen by Google Reader users.

login bug fixed

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:11:10 -0400

Rososo was having trouble keeping you logged in. That bug was fixed last week; now you will stay logged in on multiple computers for a long time.

foreign-language reviews make me swoon

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:38:47 -0400

foreign-language reviews make me swoon:

“Veľmi, veľmi jednoduchá RSS čítačka, s netradičným prístupom k čítaniu nových článkov.” (last one, I swear)

Some nice press today for Rososo on Lifehacker and...

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:39:24 -0400

Some nice press today for Rososo on Lifehacker and ZenHabits.

Lifehacker says it could serve as a “My First Feed Reader” for anyone you’re trying to introduce to RSS. This is a good point — web syndication can be confusing for non-techie people. But bookmarks make perfect sense, are are perhaps more consistent with the link-based nature of the web.

Rososo: Der entspannte Feedreader

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:30:00 -0400

Rososo: Der entspannte Feedreader:

German produktivity site imgriff.com seems to like it!

Top 20 sites on Rososo

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:00:00 -0400

One week after launch, here are the most popular sites on Rososo, each with its total number of fans.

Jake and Amir, the duo, are the most popular by a significant margin. Individually, Amir beats Jake by a hair.

Engadget kills Gizmodo. Julia Allison ties Eric Lodwick. Outside of Connected Ventures, Kottke is king.

Jake And Amir Dot Com (45)
Ricky Van Veen’s GET EXCITED (36)
BeingFamous.com | Amir’s Online Home (28)
Jake’s Webbed Journal (27)
Kottke.org (26)
Daring Fireball (26)
Gawker (20)
TechCrunch (19)
Engadget (16)
Secret Enemy Hideout (14)
Eric Lodwick (11)
NonSociety: Julia (11)
CNN.com (10)
Perez Hilton (9)
Mareen Fischinger’s Tumblelog (9)
Dooce (9)
Lifehacker (9)
Gizmodo (8)
The New York Times (8)
What Would Tyler Durden Do? (8)
JeffRubinJeffRubin.com (8)

We just pushed a new design for Rososo. Our goal goal was to...

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:01:00 -0400

We just pushed a new design for Rososo. Our goal goal was to simplify and to make the experience more meaningful.

We achieved simplification by removing the logo.

We achieved meaningfulization by making the “fresh” bookmarks bigger and hiding the “stale” bookmarks. The previous design showed stale & fresh bookmarks together, with the only distinction being color: an neon-puke green or rotten orange.

About the name

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:03:35 -0400

It’s a play on R.S.S.

In launching Rososo, we wanted to grab the user right away. So...

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:59:00 -0400

In launching Rososo, we wanted to grab the user right away. So instead of explaining the site, we just showed a photo of it on a computer, and then invited the user to add their first site.