New and noteworthy for 5/13/09
Widgets & RSS FeedsA Few More Thoughts on Email Authentication… errr… Trust: Dave Crocker’s CircleID post makes a convincing argument that clarifying terminology–particularly definitions related to abuse–could help developers, ISPs, and bulk email senders more efficiently coordinate trust, authentication, delivery, and abuse problems. Crocker also calls on the industry to stop solely focusing on authentication without associated trust metrics when attempting to solve abuse problems.
Bank Nixes Use of Social Networking Sites in Hiring Process: Law.com’s In-House Counsel blog has an interesting post discussing how Amegy Bank of Texas determined that using social networking services to gather information on potential hires introduced potential liability. This was particularly true for information that is protected, such as pregnancy. The bank then disallowed HR from using social network services for any hiring activities both by policy which is enforced by their compliance system. The bank made exceptions for purely business social networking sites such as Linked in. The policy was also extended to external recruiters working for the bank.
Alternatives to FeedBurner - The RSS publishing dilemma: On his Digital Signals blog, Ed Richardson Grindleford talks about FeedBurner in its post-Google acquisition phase. Google recently ported FeedBurner to its own infrastructure. It is much more viable for users to host their own RSS feeds now than when FeedBurner began, especially in terms of compatibility. However, FeedBurner still adds substantial value in terms of analytics as well as customizing and combining feeds. Grindleford explores PostRank and FeedBlitz alternatives and provides references to other critiques and possible alternatives for others looking at the current options.
