On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 5:14 PM, Jodi Schneider <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> I'm a big fan of the planet aggregator. Normally I make suggestions on
> #code4lib. However, Jonathan Rochkind asked me to bring them up onlist
> this time. (Who besides Jonathan is managing the planet at present?)
>
> (1) Bjorn Tipling suggested removing him, since he's going to focus on
> politics:
> "Some of the places where my blog is being tracked, such as code4lib and
> netlamers, might want to look at whether or not they want to continue to
> follow me."
> http://bjorn.tipling.com/2008/05/17/blog-pundits/
> Can we remove his blog please?
>
> (2) I'd really like a changelog--which might further justify
> adding/dropping blogs without discussion.
>
> (3) Could we please label blogs consistently? For individuals, we have
> mostly lastname, firstname with a few firstname lastname. Either way
> works. But the mixture rankles (sad, I know!).


I agree with all of these suggestions. I'd add one more:

(4) Automatically truncate posts after X words. The scroll gets so long and
it is hard to find some of the posts that conform to what I think of the
original idea of RSS was (a brief description of the content, not the whole
item).

Edward


>
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Jodi
>
> Jodi Schneider
> Science Library Specialist
> Amherst College
> 413-542-2076
>