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xFruits – publishing on the fly?

Some of you may have noticed two recent additions to the collection of feed icons on the right hand column. If you have not, take a look. They are the results of a truly innovative site and company called xFruits.

One is a mobile version of my RSS* feed. The newest one however is something that amazes me. It allows you to export pages of my blog into a PDF file simply by clicking it. now it ain’t the fastest piece of technology in the world but then neither is PDF generating so I will forgive that flaw but god it is useful.

On my way home yesterday I wanted to look over my recent blog posts and see if they had hidden trends or really are as random as they seem to me. I click the button and printed the results. A crisp 6-page document was the result with the only price being the powered by xFruits sign at the base of each page.

xFruits have really impressed me with these two services and although I don’t use the others that they currently offer I can see the usefulness of them.

Go visit the webpage and enhance your site.

*Really Simple Syndication for the uninitiated. A way for you to get my blog on your desktop without visiting my website all you need is a feed reader. Use feedreader, its free and exceptionally simple yet has great features for the advanced user.

Links of Interest (At least to Me) 28/06/06

if:book has an interesting and thought provoking post on the future and purpose of peer review.
Here

While you are at it perhaps you should also be visiting the publication that is causing much of the trouble, Nature.
Here

I was in the mood to blog about bookselling and bookshops but having done some initial research I can see I need to do some more before reaching a conclusion so instead I will link to a fine article on Ganett about rural bookshops.
Here

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