We had the idea at work today that we should throw together a so-called (by Apple, anyway) “photocast” of all LJWorld.com photos. However, an “official” photocast is a non-valid RSS feed (Apple has added various elements to the spec, which is utterly stupid). Producing a non-valid RSS feed goes against our elitist philosophies, so we chose to produce a good, valid RSS feed of the photos instead. Thanks to the wonders of Django, Jacob was able to whip one up in a matter of about four minutes.
I got home to my iPhoto ‘06-equipped Powerbook and gave it a shot — it works! I’m sure Apple’s added elements give you some additional features, but the good news is that a basic, valid RSS feed of photos works great in iPhoto as a “Photocast.”
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001 // cdevroe // 01.26.2006 // 5:35 AM
I’ve actually built something for this too. Via applescript (ala Automator). But I’m waiting to drop it when I know that I can release something that everyone can use.002 // kurafire // 01.27.2006 // 2:17 AM
Must…get… iLife ‘06!