Thanks to James Dellow for putting the Enterprise Day of Action stake in the ground. I am enjoying the active thinking about RSS in the Enterprise. It is fascinating to observe and participate in the discussion. There is room for a wide array of thought about RSS inside of organizations. I know this question has been asked before but I think it is worth continued evaluation - As early adopters (read geeks), are we so close to XML syndication thinking that we struggle for perspective. I think that is the challenge for vendors, consultants and early enterprises sponsors. Hugh MacLeod has a classic gapingvoid cartoon called stop worrying which says "stop worrying about technology and start worrying about who trust you." Seems relevant to us in the "RSS Community".

Is RSS a "Web 2.0" technology? sure. Is publish-subscribe a better approach for many forms of communication in general? sure. Does subscribing to an update via RSS work better keep my mail less cluttered and more useful? yup. Is RSS/Atom a better way to consume important information sources? sure. Is it a good tool to leverage and broadcast your portal or community space to improve usability? sure. Is "subscribe" metaphor for the web on par with "browse" and "search"? I think so. Is RSS plumbing to loosely couple many of the social computing tools? sure. Can you use RSS based tools to efficiently observe and process information flow on the live web via search feeds/channels? sure. Is it a personal productivity tool? sure. A strategic business tool? sure. And on and on.

Ironically it is also the tool I am using daily to participate in this community of thought.