Now with XML

14 November 2005

I’ve been meaning to add XML feeds for a while now, but was prompted recently by people at work to finally do it.

You can now get a feed for my log and also feeds for my photos (in ATOM format). The photos feed supports filtering, so for example you could get a feed for my latest travel photos or a feed with only photos of San Francisco.

For the non-techy people reading this: XML feeds such as these are used by third-party websites and applications to bring together content from multiple sources such as news sites and weblogs. This allows users to easily find posts and entries from all the sites they are interested in. Example services are Blog Lines and Google Reader.

San Francisco

7 November 2005

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I’ve wanted to write something for a while now but have been waiting until I got a better handle on the various policies at work. But now I’ve been here a week I think I know what’s going on.

So I said goodbye to the UK 10-days ago and started work last Monday. It’s been pretty intense, but things are looking good. Work-wise I can’t say much, but there are some crazy things going down here and it’s exciting to be part of it. The learning curve is steep, but everyone’s really friendly and helpful. I’m really liking San Francisco and am looking forward to moving up there; I am currently in temporary housing in Mountain View, which is convenient for getting to work but it’s a pain to drive back to from the city at 2am in the morning :)

One of the coolest things I’ve noticed here is that the sky is nearly always blue, maybe it’s the time of year, but it’s a welcome change from the grey autumns of the UK.

I have uploaded some photos of San Francisco if you’re interested.