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Posted by rod@drury.net.nz in Old-blog-archives at 2:11 pm on Monday, 27 June 2005
I think this captures the excitement and significance about RSS.
From Browse to Search to Subscribe
Both browsing and searching are about discovery, but have little to do with consumption. Discovery is work. You navigate and enter queries. Consumption is when you get something valuable. Browsing or searching by themselves are just a means; the end is consumption. The way these terms get used everyday reinforces this gap. “Can I help you?†“No thanks, I’m just browsing.†“Did you find what you are looking for?†“Nope, I’m still searching.â€
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