<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>https://ecency.com</link><image><url>https://ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>https://ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 07:37:24 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ecency.com/@nicklewis/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[6000+]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today when I started up Ecency to do my daily power up for #hpum and really pleased to see I’ve enough Hive to continue with it and into the following month. I noticed something cool! 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Though at the time of writing this, it is much cooler]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@nicklewis/weekly-journal-shaping-up-to-be-a-good-summer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@nicklewis/weekly-journal-shaping-up-to-be-a-good-summer</guid><category><![CDATA[pob]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nicklewis]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 13:33:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Koala sampler update is the best thing!]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the above video I recorded a quick demonstration of this new feature and it’s brilliant. If you’ve not come across the app, check out their site, it’s as cheap as chips and brilliant for sampling but]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@nicklewis/koala-sampler-update-is-the</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@nicklewis/koala-sampler-update-is-the</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-111482]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nicklewis]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 10:04:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Summer tunes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Since today has been such a summery day, I decided to put something with an Afro beat together using the great Apple Loops pack that comes with Logic Pro and this is a work in pedicures but I’m very happy]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@nicklewis/summer-tunes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@nicklewis/summer-tunes</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-111482]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nicklewis]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 17:35:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/EEEoA8oLaAxtTLvNAHVkbHyZnaYNv3ezuZm3Rj74HBj6q7jVFs2Db7aSiC15sWpDjMjf8DLE6HDRgmvAkhTmm21a8iYVH7w2n9o9jfU6geEyim8ueT7D6QoKo3sotvuuZ8aZsj7ygmj7q3k2eNjLz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Down by the pool]]></title><description><![CDATA[There’s a theme evolving today involving the sea, travel, pools, reading books and composing some tunes. 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