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Trish pointed out that my RSS feed seems to be broken, and I’ve spent some time trying to find out what’s going on without success. The actual RSS script is calling the database info and such, and should build the feed dynamically (as opposed to some software that builds the XML every time an update is done). The comments feed isn’t working either, but I tracked that to a link issue. The main RSS feed, when it runs, just generates a blank doc with nothing there.

Perplexing.

I can’t find anything in the WordPress Codex either. Anyone out there using WP with any ideas?

EDIT: So this is stranger than ever. When I checked the RSS at home, it worked fine. Here at work, nothing. I updated my .htaccess rules thinking there might be a rewrite issue in retrieval, but…well, it worked at home, just not here. I’m really, really perplexed.

By griffey

Jason Griffey is the Director of Strategic Initiatives at NISO, where he works to identify new areas of the information ecosystem where standards expertise is useful and needed. Prior to joining NISO in 2019, Jason ran his own technology consulting company for libraries, has been both an Affiliate at metaLAB and a Fellow and Affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, and was an academic librarian in roles ranging from reference and instruction to Head of IT at the University of TN at Chattanooga.

Jason has written extensively on technology and libraries, including multiple books and a series of full-periodical issues on technology topics, most recently AI & Machine Learning in Libraries and Library Spaces and Smart Buildings: Technology, Metrics, and Iterative Design from 2018. His newest book, co-authored with Jeffery Pomerantz, will be published by MIT Press in 2024.

He has spoken internationally on topics such as artificial intelligence & machine learning, the future of technology and libraries, decentralization and the Blockchain, privacy, copyright, and intellectual property. A full list of his publications and presentations can be found on his CV.
He is one of eight winners of the Knight Foundation News Challenge for Libraries for the Measure the Future project (http://measurethefuture.net), an open hardware project designed to provide actionable use metrics for library spaces. He is also the creator and director of The LibraryBox Project (http://librarybox.us), an open source portable digital file distribution system.

Jason can be stalked obsessively online, and spends his free time with his daughter Eliza, reading, obsessing over gadgets, and preparing for the inevitable zombie uprising.

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