Archive for April, 2010
MS Tag REST Certificate Issues
Posted by suddenelfilio in .net, MSTagLib, Web & Design, Web Services on 28/04/2010
This week I received an email telling me that they got an error while using the MS Tag REST service:
System.ServiceModel.Security.SecurityNegotiationException: Could not establish trust relationship for the SSL/TLS secure channel with authority ‘ws.tag.microsoft.com‘.
As you can see the authority is complaining about the Microsoft domain. The issue was the certificate used by Microsoft’s Tag API was outdated and thus the error was thrown when the REST service communicated with the Microsoft service.
Since the certificate has been renewed and is now valid till somewhere early 2011 this problem should be resolved.
I Like (to) Read It Later
Posted by suddenelfilio in General, Web & Design, Web Services on 01/04/2010
Today I discovered Readitlaterlist.com. This is an online service that allows you to mark pages for reading later on.If you are like me always seeing things you would really like to read but just don’t have the time at the moment you see them and then when you get round to reading them can’t remember what they were? Well this is the ideal solution. You should really have a look at all the applications it integrates with.
The way it works is really simple. First go to the website to create an account then you install a plugin for you browser/mobile phone and you’re set!
When browsing a website and you see something that you like to read later on just click the readitlater icon in the adress bar and it will be stored so you can easily find it back later on. Nice about this is that the list of things you want to read later on is available on every pc/mac/mobile that has the til plugin installed. All popular browser and mobile platforms are supported.
Another very nice feature is the ability to download the resource you would like to read later on so you can read it when you are offline. Like when you put various stuff in your list while working and then on the way home in the train you would like to read them. Because they were downloaded you can even if you 3G reception is bad or even worse not available.
A problem when you want to read a website on a mobile device might be the extensive use of images and all sorts of markup. Ril allows you to convert the resource to be stored as text so it strips out unnecessary markup and presents it in a clean format. This is very handy when catching up on your list from a mobile device.
On top of that they have a very nice application called Digest. What Digest does is it sorts your resources into topics and presents it to you like you are reading blog or newspaper. Consider it like your own Magazine software that updates its content to the stuff you really like to read.On top of that Digest also allows you to share your content with others and access to Digest is possible from all Read It Later apps.
Currently you can get an early beta access to Digest for only $5.
Since I’m a developer myself I also would like to make you aware of the RIL API. So if you are feeling creative give it try and build an amazing mashup or app to integrate with ReadItLater.
I can only say that I really like it a lot! It helps me remember all the fun stuff out there in the digital world I would like to discover.