You can't be a real internet site nowadays if you don't have an RSS feed. It helps to have iPhone version, but you definitely need an RSS feed. ZYB of course has both, and more.
All RSS feeds are available in JSON format also, so you can integrate them into your own website. Below you can download the code for a simple Google Gadget I threw together to show how you can access your data when and where you want it. How do you find a JSON feed? If there is an RSS feed then you can simply use .json instead of .rss and you will get the JS version. The JSON version generally contains more data that the RSS feed since we don't have to follow a standard.
Most of the feeds are currently only in alpha stage, which means that they are due to change without notice. The good thing with that is that you still have some influence about what goes into the feed.
Now to the code. Download it here:
You can find your lifestream feed at: http://feeds.zyb.com/ + [Your Profile Name] + /lifestream.json
As with any decent JSON feed it takes a callback parameter. In the code I use callback=fillLife and let the fillLife function write out the lifestream as I want to, which is basically taking the Title property and using it in a link which points to page specified in the Link property.
Wait, does this mean that anyone can grab your data? No, you can specify your privacy settings in your account settings. So if the requesting user isn't allowed to see the data then it won't be put into the feed. So even though you can see your data in different format you won't be giving away more than you want to.
A good illustration of this is the JSON VCard data that you can access at http://feeds.zyb.com/ + [Your Profile Name] .json. If you have a look at Zybberman's data (http://feeds.zyb.com/zman.json) you can see what he has chosen to display publicly, which is basically just his name and profile picture.
zybgadget.zip (1.00 kb)
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