Eric Hartwell's InfoWeb

Wednesday, April 28, 2004

Rocket RSS Reader: Instead of being tied to a software newsreader, try the Rocket RSS Reader, a personal Web-based aggregator. There's no software to download - just sign-up for your free account and you're ready to go! This is a great option for first-timers that want to see what all of the fuss is about. The reader is simple compared to the software options out there, but it's useful nonetheless. The feeds are categorized under folders in the left hand column; you can subscribe to your favorite feeds, and even search for new ones within the window. One thing I noticed was that links within posts did not appear. This is kind of a letdown, but you can still click the Full Story link at the bottom of each post to get the proper links. Oh yeah, it also runs on all OSes and browsers, and contains support for Atom feeds as well. [Lockergnome's Windows Fanatics 4/28/2004]
9:29:13 PM

Basecamp: project-management web-app: 37Signals has produced a new project-management app called Basecamp that looks like a winner. Not only is it extremely pretty and easy-to-follow but it's also open: information flows out of the app as RSS and can be bulk-exported in XML, so none of your precious project-management material becomes a lever to lock you into paying the (surprisingly reasonable) monthly rates. Basecamp can be skinned to look like your internal website and you can reference it with custom URLs that don't contain any hint that your project is being hosted anywhere but your own site: as the marketing bumpf points out, this is the kind of thing that can give you appearance of really intimidating savviness to your clients. [Boing Boing 4/28/2004]
12:32:01 PM