This idea has (IMO) a better name, WebHooks, and a standard place for discussion about the issues and tools around the concept: http://webhooks.pbwiki.com/ http

This idea has (IMO) a better name, WebHooks, and a standard place for discussion about the issues and tools around the concept: http://webhooks.pbwiki.com/ http://webhooks.pbwiki.com/ XMPP unfortunately ends up being the "heavyweight" solution; there's probably a decent argument that WebHooks are to XMPP what REST was to SOAP. (And don't get me wrong, what I'd really like to see is websites that support RSS, WebHooks and XMPP, each has strengths and can compliment the other)