The tech world is hopping
Whew, look at TechMeme today and you’ll see we’re on an upswing in the news cycle. I remember the days when only one or two people got on TechMeme, now I can’t read everyone that’s on there.
I am trying, though. I’m adding RSS feeds to my reader at a pretty fast pace lately. I’m getting close to my breaking point, though. I think I can’t read more than about 400 feeds. Not enough time.
Anyway, I still notice that smaller stories get on my link blog than get on TechMeme. I pick some of the same stories that are on TechMeme, but there’s a lot of “flavor” that TechMeme filters out. Algorithms are sure efficient, but they often miss the cute little stories. TechMeme will never point to Cute Overload, for instance. I don’t often point there either, but it’s fun to mix in a cute cat photo into a mix of 100 tech stories.
One thing I caught going through my aggregator is Om Malik’s NewTeeVee blog interviewing my boss, John Furrier, about PodTech. Oh, remember that guy who said he hated my videos? Yeah, we signed him up for our network too. Welcome 1938 Media! And don’t you dare stop attacking me.
Speaking of which, I gotta have a talk with Christopher Coulter. He’s been too quiet lately. He’s the best hire I ever did, though. He’s amazing.
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December 20th, 2006 at 11:51 am
[...] Update: (A few hours later) For some strange reason, Robert Scoble is a real blog masochist. He wants Loren to keep on attacking him. Is that called a blogochist? [...]
December 20th, 2006 at 11:52 am
Did John happen to mention that I will be living with you? I’m very excited to be part of the Podtech family. Thank you Robert.
December 20th, 2006 at 12:11 pm
You know I guess its time for somebody invented aggregators for aggregators. I log on to Digg in the hopes that I’ll be able to read a couple of cool dug up articles but boy …the sheer number of them makes me wanna come back to here or Om’s site!
Are aggregators made only for serious, professional bloggers?
Digg is fun but it’s too much fun.
December 20th, 2006 at 12:18 pm
Umi - try popurls (http://popurls.com). It’s a great aggregator for aggregators…I read it all day long. :>)
December 20th, 2006 at 12:20 pm
Robert,
Just curious - what feed reader do you use? I assume with 400 feeds that it’s a desktop one and not a web-based one?
I’m just doing a round-up now of some readers, trying to find the best, free one.
Thanks,
Jeff
December 20th, 2006 at 12:25 pm
Thanks Momspeaks, I’ll try that one.
December 20th, 2006 at 4:02 pm
Reading 9rules Blogs
Steve Rubel and Robert Scoble are linking to new blogs. One of the blogs Rubel lists is Folksonomy by Michael Zhang which is a part of the 9rules network. Since being accepted into 9rules, I …
December 20th, 2006 at 6:19 pm
Jeff: I use Google Reader. Online. It rocks.
December 20th, 2006 at 6:37 pm
[...] It wouldn’t be December without the look back at the year past and look forward to the year coming. Robert and I noted how lacking the news was yesterday, today Robert is singing a different tune. Not so much for me, except I picked up on Read/Write Web’s 2007 predictions. [...]
December 20th, 2006 at 6:55 pm
Hi Robert
Good to see you guys rockin over there at Podtech. Loren Feldman of 1938 Media is a real find.
I did a nice take on him and his China Doll Yue in a recent late nite mash.
Check it at
http://lnmshow.latenitemash.com/?p=52
December 21st, 2006 at 2:14 am
popurls.com looks excellent.
The interface seems to be tuned to my needs and habits. It is fast, mouseover gives details, etc.
Momspeak, thanks for the tip.
December 21st, 2006 at 4:50 am
Ack! You killed CuteOverload.
January 25th, 2007 at 4:29 pm
why does every blogger (including me) has a cat?
has there been any research about that?
a lot of posts have cats in it, are about cats, or have cats as an example.
post 1 - talkin’ about hight end tech stuff.
post 2 - my cat is cute today.
post 3 - iPhone, new specs?
strange…