Yahoo! Pipes: Feedmixing — and a lot more — done right!
- After I had my "aha! moment" about feeds, I wrote up a wishlist of what I wanted to see in a feedmixing service.
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Several months later, I read Ray Ozzie's post Wiring the Web, in which he said,
RSS has the potential to be the “UNIX pipe of the internet”and thought, "exactly!"
Apparently, some smart people at Yahoo! were listening to both of us, and they sure did deliver!
I've only just begun to play with Yahoo! Pipes, and I can already say, it's gonna be hot! I considered my feedmixing wishlist fairly forward-thinking for its time, but a quick glance at the things Pipes can do and the ways it lets you do them shows some real vision.
From the Pipes website:
That's really just the beginning of how to think about it; the true description and definition of Pipes will evolve through the innovation it's sure to produce.
Unfortunately, I don't have time to play with or write about Pipes more right now, but I definitely plan to do both, and I strongly encourage you to go check it out. The site provides a good overview — for some in-depth discussion, explanation, and analysis, read Tim O'Reilly's Pipes and Filters for the Internet. I look forward to having a lot of fun, and doing some really cool things with Yahoo! Pipes!