Jorge Ramos

How come RSS isn't more popular? It's almost 30 year old technology at this point, and while it is very simple, I believe it serves its purpose perfectly fine — after all, it's called Really Simple Syndication. I recently downloaded  feeeed , a modern RSS reader for iOS devices. It shows all the feeds you're subscribed to in a modern timeline, like that of any modern social network. What's great is that you aren't just limited to blogs and news sites. I am subscribed to a number of blogs — namely Simon Willinson's , which I highly recommend — but I also follow content creators I'm interested in, like Technology Connections on Bluesky. Finding feeds is also very easy with the integrated search function. If you're unsure whether a website has an RSS feed, enter the URL and the app will detect it for you. Even though the technology is old, the current implementation feels great! On my Mac I use NetNewsWire . It has a more classic layout, which I appre...

I've been thinking about starting a blog. Writing my thoughts down seems like a good thing to do, and I hope to share things that someone will find interesting. Since I'm in the computer science field, I will post about interesting anecdotes or personal projects of mine. I'm not sure about how I will format it. Will I do short posts? Longer, more explanatory essays? I have ideas for both. I do tend to go through a lot of phases though, and this may just be one of them. I suppose time will tell.