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• Why Browser-based Feed Readers are Free “I +love+ the new Google Reader app on Facebook. Interesting that most people only have around five to 10 feeds.” - Robert Scoble I now understand why start pages (NetVibes, PageFlakes, iGoogle) have traction. A volume that low has a lot of flexibility in presentation - and comparatively light on server resources. Things get interesting once
• FriendFeed.com - Just Aggregating Your Friends’ Feeds? “…if you’re brilliant enough to create Google Maps, Gmail, et. al, move on to inventing a flying car or something.” - Rex Hammock A while back, when I was regularly publishing to multiple sites, I had a thing I called the gFeed that pulled all those feeds (probably a half dozen at my peak) into a
• T-68 and Counting I made enough progress on the core functionality this weekend, that I can actually start thinking about how to implement the interesting bits.
• What’s Better? In 10 minutes, everything will have an RSS reader built into it; email clients, browsers, audio/video/image players, phones, every single website. Each application parsing and presenting feeds in a way that’s contextually appropriate. I hope. If you want a ‘good enough’ general purpose feed reader, use Google Reader or Bloglines, or Newsgator, or or or or or
• Aggregate Trust, Filter Relevance “I want to subscribe to other people who I can trust, and also, who I can dial down a little” - Eric Rice I like and trust Eric Rice…though I’m not as psyched about Second Life as he is. Same with Mark Cuban and basketball. Same with Doc Searls and photography. Same with Dave Slusher and