Seattle burnout: RSS and OPML, and transparency in tech

“A Seattle burnout podcast after days of heavy programming on the OPML Weblog Editor. Turned out a lot longer than I planned. Yeowza.” Dave discusses his recent work on a blogging tool for the OPML editor, which he has just released to testers. He is excited about the progress, though there are still some bugs to work out. Dave plans to give a 3-hour presentation at an upcoming conference, covering topics like the evolution of RSS and how OPML differs from RSS as a younger “sibling” format. He emphasizes the importance of having tools that generate content in a format, and how OPML is an open-source outlining platform with the potential to attract developers. Weiner also shares his views on the importance of transparency and simplicity in technology, arguing against obfuscating XML and instead making it easy for users to understand.