Backpack from 37signals

If 37signals' new web service Backpack is anywhere near as cool as they describe in their preview, then I am going to be really excited.

They describe it as a simple service that lets you keep notes for yourself, store files, create "to do" lists and publish a blog. There will be controls to make each published item private, contacts only, or public. Best of all, it can all be uploaded via email. Also, you will be able to set alerts that Backpack will email to you at a future time.

I have been trying to do all these things with Yahoo Notepad and Yahoo Calendar and a few other web services, but none of them ever worked smoothly enough to be excited about. Based on my experiences with Tadalist and Basecamp, I am predicting that Backpack should solve all these problems.

Let's hope it's free!

37signals, backpackit, myyahoo, yahoo

Yahoo! Search has RSS in results

Wow, I just noticed that Yahoo! search results will find RSS feeds and link to the XML file and also provide a "Add to My Yahoo" link.
Example: http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=gutterbun

I've noticed it doesn't work for every site, though. I wonder what determines if it finds the feed or not.

Is this a new feature? This is a wonderful addition.

UPDATE: I just noticed that Yahoo also includes an RSS feed for each search, although I see no mention of it on the search results page. The feed is in the format: http://api.search.yahoo.com/WebSearchService/rss/webSearch.xml?appid=yahoosearchwebrss&query=[YOUR SEARCH TERM]


yahoo, rss