Hello.

I am Paul Kinlan.

A Developer Advocate for Chrome and the Open Web at Google.

I love the web. The web should allow anyone to access any experience that they need without the need for native install or content walled garden.

Podroll

Paul Kinlan

I love podcasts, but finding new ones is tough! I mostly rely on friend's recommendations. To make discovery easier, I'm sharing my personal podroll, which includes a variety of shows I enjoy. This list is frequently updated using a script, so check back often for new additions. You can find my podroll on Player.fm, a platform created by my friend Mike Mahemoff.

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The discovery problem.

Paul Kinlan

Does the discovery problem of app stores, search and everywhere else only affect those who don't or can't market?

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Getting your app to support Web Intents on Chrome

Paul Kinlan

Chrome Dev and Canary (18+) now support Web Intents! Currently, intent registration is done via the Chrome apps manifest (not the intent tag) to allow the user agent to determine available services (including those on the local network or external native apps). The manifest entry specifies the supported action, data types, title, and path. Client-side code remains the same. Future support for declaring capabilities directly through HTML with the Intent tag is planned.

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Tags and Tagging

Paul Kinlan

I've been pondering the use of tags lately, and noticed a lack of diversity in tagging practices. Many use tags for blog promotion or linking related content. I favor the latter, as it aids in content discovery. However, popular tags on sites like Technorati are often too broad (e.g., "books","blogs") making them less useful for finding niche communities. I propose using more specific sub-tags alongside broader ones. For example, if blogging about Asimov's Foundation series, include both "Asimov" and "Foundation Series" as tags. Tools like my Ajax Tagger and tagyu.com can help suggest relevant tags. I encourage everyone to use a wider range of tags to enrich the tag space and improve content discoverability.

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IE7 Suggestions For RSS Feeds

Paul Kinlan

I've been exploring the RSS features in IE7 Beta 1 and have a couple of suggestions. First, it would be great if we could add feeds to favorites directly from the feeds toolbar button, rather than having to navigate to the feed itself. It's an extra step when we've already decided we like the content enough to add it. Second, I'm curious about how IE7 discovers feeds on a page. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Is it just looking for a specific link tag in the head section or is there more to it? It seems to struggle with feeds linked via anchor tags. Overall, I'm enjoying IE7 so far, just want to offer some feedback.

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