Comments on: It’s an Aggregation Festival http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/04/06/its-an-aggregation-festival/ Insight and Analysis from North of the Border Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:04:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Brandon Watts http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/04/06/its-an-aggregation-festival/#comment-54189 Brandon Watts Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:44:47 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/04/06/its-an-aggregation-festival/#comment-54189 News aggregation is certainly hot right now, but it takes a lot of work to aggregate news effectively. It's definitely going to be interesting to see how the playing field evolves over the next year. Brandon Watts Daylife Evangelist News aggregation is certainly hot right now, but it takes a lot of work to aggregate news effectively.

It’s definitely going to be interesting to see how the playing field evolves over the next year.

Brandon Watts
Daylife Evangelist

]]> By: rod / techwatching.com http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/04/06/its-an-aggregation-festival/#comment-53658 rod / techwatching.com Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:41:33 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/04/06/its-an-aggregation-festival/#comment-53658 Yeah - there's really no barrier to entry into the aggregator space - just time that needs to be invested. For those interested in a techmeme alternative, I think techwatching.com (my own entry) offers some good features - customized rss feeds, topical summaries, and news less dominated by major outlets, for those who are looking for more alternative coverage. As noted on RWW, however, I'm in SE Asia volunteering indefinitely, so upgrades and fixes to the site may take some time. On a related note, I just deployed a second instance of the TechWatching system at http://wheelscore.com - tracking automotive news. Regards, -Rod. Yeah - there’s really no barrier to entry into the aggregator space - just time that needs to be invested.

For those interested in a techmeme alternative, I think techwatching.com (my own entry) offers some good features - customized rss feeds, topical summaries, and news less dominated by major outlets, for those who are looking for more alternative coverage.

As noted on RWW, however, I’m in SE Asia volunteering indefinitely, so upgrades and fixes to the site may take some time.

On a related note, I just deployed a second instance of the TechWatching system at http://wheelscore.com - tracking automotive news.

Regards,
-Rod.

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