Comments on: Chemical pipe works http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/chemical-pipe-works.html Science Blog from Freelance Science Writer David Bradley Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:25:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Bradley http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/chemical-pipe-works.html/comment-page-1#comment-81738 David Bradley Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:37:28 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/chemical-pipe-works.html#comment-81738 Yes, it's definitely complicated, but Mitch has done a lot of the leg work that can then be cloned to tailor his pipe to your own personal needs. As far as I can tell, the big difference between Pipes and GAlerts is that you can pull in a whole range of feeds and search threads, filter on different atributes and then output a single rss results page. As I understand it a straight GAlert is just a dynamic search result output is it not? Mitch can probably explain the advantages better than I. Yes, it’s definitely complicated, but Mitch has done a lot of the leg work that can then be cloned to tailor his pipe to your own personal needs. As far as I can tell, the big difference between Pipes and GAlerts is that you can pull in a whole range of feeds and search threads, filter on different atributes and then output a single rss results page. As I understand it a straight GAlert is just a dynamic search result output is it not? Mitch can probably explain the advantages better than I.

]]> By: Mark C R UK http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/chemical-pipe-works.html/comment-page-1#comment-81707 Mark C R UK Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:07:29 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/chemical-pipe-works.html#comment-81707 I'm currently having a play around with it. I use Google Reader plus my (BT) Yahoo! home page currently. The "filtration" aid sounds promising. It's complex - but like any tool it takes time to get to grips with - it was similar to Google Reader in that regard. I suspect that they will be complementary to each other! The "CLONE" command is useful. I'm experimenting with personalising Mitch's version a little more ... for myself. I thank Mitch for making it available. It's much like Google Reader's importing of an OPML file with all the feeds to begin with... I suppose I could have made the effort to use that - import it into Yahoo! pipes then play around. But using the scaffold made by Mitch is quicker. The "semantic filter" - that which allows filtering of articles with specific keywords in - is something I have suggested to the Google Reader developers earlier on their groups system. Either way I looks like it could be useful! I’m currently having a play around with it. I use Google Reader plus my (BT) Yahoo! home page currently. The “filtration” aid sounds promising.

It’s complex – but like any tool it takes time to get to grips with – it was similar to Google Reader in that regard. I suspect that they will be complementary to each other!

The “CLONE” command is useful. I’m experimenting with personalising Mitch’s version a little more … for myself. I thank Mitch for making it available.

It’s much like Google Reader’s importing of an OPML file with all the feeds to begin with… I suppose I could have made the effort to use that – import it into Yahoo! pipes then play around. But using the scaffold made by Mitch is quicker.

The “semantic filter” – that which allows filtering of articles with specific keywords in – is something I have suggested to the Google Reader developers earlier on their groups system.

Either way I looks like it could be useful!

]]> By: Andrew Sun http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/chemical-pipe-works.html/comment-page-1#comment-81702 Andrew Sun Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:53:14 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/chemical-pipe-works.html#comment-81702 It has a nice Web 2.0 interface, but how is it different from Google RSS Alert and Personalize Search, no offense? It has a nice Web 2.0 interface, but how is it different from Google RSS Alert and Personalize Search, no offense?

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