Thursday, February 20, 2003

Desktop Aggregator Roundup There's been a flood of activity in the desktop aggregator space of late, as everyone realizes that editing stuff inside browsers just sucks. Here's a roundup of desktop aggregators so far... Java NewsMonster HotSheet RSSView BottomFeeder Thingamablog Mac NetNewsWire iBlog Windows NewsDesk Syndirella FeedReeder NewzCrawler Aggie NovoBot I haven't reviewed hardly any of these yet, but that certainly is my intention. If you have experienced any of these, I would like to hear your thoughts. Also, if you hear of any other desktop news aggregators and weblog editors, send me a note! 12:21:19 PM

Webmonkey Blog hosted by Tripod Webmonkey Blog "We've decided that this here page will be the place to go when you want to find all of those interesting daily developments in the Web world, links to oddball sites, pictures of us horsing around, and basically anything that we want you to know about that we're too scared to put on the actual frontdoor of Webmonkey. To start (in a rather boring and self-serving way), have you seen the Tripod Blog Builder? It's what we've used to create this page, and it's easier to get started than you can possibly imagine. Well, don't take our word for it, just go and try it out yourself." [via Underway in Ireland] I find it interesting that Webmonkey is blogging now and that they're using Tripod's recently unveiled blogging software to do it. However, the first entry was on February 11, and there are only two other posts since then. Not too many daily develompents in the Web world? This is the first Tripod-based blog I've seen and, unfortunately, it looks like Tripod doesn't offer RSS feeds. [The Shifted Librarian] If true, then Tripod has missed the point entirely. Weblogs aren't interesting because they're easy to update, they're interesting because they stream! 10:23:24 AM