Uneven mix of reports and announcements coming in from the first full day of Syndicate SF.
-- Jeremy Allaire Keynote: “Any content owner can elect to syndicate their programming through the AOL network and get paid for any ads or consumer purchases generated. ... With one checkbox, they can have a global audience of millions. That’s a pretty frictionless model.”

-- How To Thrive With Open Content: Panelists include Jim Brady, washingtonpost.com; Amy McDonough, Webshots; Andrew Eisner, Bayview Consulting. Brady: “I don’t see both email and RSS co-existing in the next 10 years.”

-- Learning from Disaster: Hurricane and tsunami survivors speak of the lessons of sharing information online in the wake of an emergency. 

-- Structured Blogging Intiative: Thirty-plus companies launched an initiative “to keep burgeoning structured content standards in sync.” Herding cats comes to mind ...

-- Feedburner Signs Reuters As RSS Client: Reuters is expanding its RSS use and adding advertising to the feeds. Feedburner also launched an Interactive RSS Service.