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A novice wrestles with Yahoo Pipes

By Larry Dignan February 8, 2007, 12:37 AM PST

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A novice wrestles with Yahoo Pipes

Yahoo Pipes invites me in

Yahoo Pipes invites me in

Yahoo Pipes is feed aggregator that lets you mix and match RSS feeds. According to the early reviews, the big advance is that Yahoo Pipes has a user interface that even novices–that would be me–can follow. The first screen looks easy enough. Maybe I’ll become Mr. RSS-mixer too. Here’s a walkthrough.

A novice wrestles with Yahoo Pipes

Create a pipe: Why not?

Create a pipe: Why not?

After a few clicks–and a few errors–Yahoo Pipes asks me if I want to create a Pipe. Sure why not?

A novice wrestles with Yahoo Pipes

Slow going...

Slow going...

So now what? Things are a bit slow. I want instant gratification.

A novice wrestles with Yahoo Pipes

Handy helper

Handy helper

Ah an little helper appears. Lovely.

A novice wrestles with Yahoo Pipes

Pop ups along the way

Pop ups along the way

Now I’m on my way. Little pop-up helpers walk me through.

A novice wrestles with Yahoo Pipes

Aggregating components

Aggregating components

Ok, now I have my components (still not completely sure what I’m doing though).

A novice wrestles with Yahoo Pipes

Picking data sources

Picking data sources

The general idea is I want to search for all tech news and monitor Techmeme and ZDNet’s blogs.

A novice wrestles with Yahoo Pipes

Doh!

Doh!

Well I thought I was on the right path (all I really wanted to do is draw the pipes together anyway). Error time.

A novice wrestles with Yahoo Pipes

Another attempt

Another attempt

So I swap a few URLs. This time of RSS feeds. Still can’t get these pipes to connect. Again that’s all I want to do anyway.

A novice wrestles with Yahoo Pipes

Trying again

Trying again

Back to the drawing board. I try some of the basic sources. Google Base and Yahoo Search for instance. The good news: I did connect a pipe. Communication failures abound.

A novice wrestles with Yahoo Pipes

Where is that manual?

Where is that manual?

I give up. Maybe I should have read the directions (that mistake again).

A novice wrestles with Yahoo Pipes

Novice or idiot? Do not answer that.

Novice or idiot? Do not answer that.

I click Ok and this is what I get. In summary: I don’t know what I’m doing because I’m a novice or idiot. (I prefer the former.) I’ll leave the Web revolution to someone else.

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