So, it's an personal RSS aggregator. Or, netvibes or iGoogle or PageFlakes.
Also, checkout http://www.tweettop.com -- sort of an AllTop for Twitter. We are releasing a sort of "MyTweetTop" soon enough as well -- which allows our users to manage their own topics.
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Evan
· 8 months ago
Very cool. I would consider it information overload in general, but I guess that what we want.
Vinko
· 8 months ago
I like the new MyAllTop feature of AllTop, but it would be nice if we can add our own feeds, but that I guess that's what Friend Feed is for.
LGR
· 8 months ago
Great so Alltop might actually become useful. Funny I remember talking about how Alltop could become useful back in June last year.
"They could start by offering accounts with more personalization options. Allow people to add other RSS feeds to their own accounts and become a news reader application for those that want it. Offer the ability to add friends, share news items between them and let people to comment on news items something like Friendfeed."
Think I'll stick with a real RSS reader.
petercooper
· 8 months ago
It's Netvibes Universe again, two years on.. except with solely the feed widgets.
Unlike a lot of whiners on Twitter, I quite like Alltop and kudos to Kawasaki for continuing to release stuff, though Netvibes did it better and it still didn't catch on. These types of tools tend to be Squidoo-style fads, but hopefully Guy has enough traction from his legion of followers to actually make it work this time around.
Alain Benedict Yap
· 8 months ago
Like what @evan said, this could be info overload but at least it's info that we chose ourselves and not rammed down our throat without any means of opting out.
carokann
· 8 months ago
It's a great aggregator, I really love it, but I still miss the RSS feature... MyAlltop RSS would, that would be something!
powerball
· 8 months ago
New features of myAlltop is fantastic!
Tony Karrer
· 8 months ago
I'm not quite sure I get this. I would have thought that they would be creating aggregator sites around particular topics much like Topic Hubs (http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2009/02/topic-hubs.html) instead of making it on a personal basis.
Are people going to adopt this as their new start page? Why have everything public? I can't imagine that any of the examples are people who are not RSS readers. So what do I get?
Feedzz has beed doing something similar for a while and it allows user create a personal feed reading experience. Users can submit their own OPML or add feeds on the go while browsing pages. An added feature that make it stand from the crowd is that it combines the result of Calais semantic engine to provide tags (people, places, terms) for the blog items or news items. However nobody paid too much attention to his launch. I hope some day it get the attention it deserves.
The only thing alltop is good for: find some blogs, add them to your rss feed, never visit again.
Who's tit did Guy have to suck to get this story through?
Wisewinston
· 8 months ago
I dunno... I can see why it's cool to a certain extent, but does it have "can't live without" status? I have Google Reader but for me, even with that, it just seems to me I can have my favorite sites embedded under the URL on Firefox. Why do I really need an RSS aggregator when I can just skip back and forth quickly between my favorite sites?? I could totally be wrong and would be interested to hear opinions on why this would lead to a smoother, faster surfing experience.
John Wright
· 5 months ago
I launched a similar app this week but a main twist is easily adding newsblocks via a feed search. The site is called Thy News http://thynews.com and here is a screencast demo http://bit.ly/thynews-beta
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Also, checkout http://www.tweettop.com -- sort of an AllTop for Twitter. We are releasing a sort of "MyTweetTop" soon enough as well -- which allows our users to manage their own topics.
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"They could start by offering accounts with more personalization options. Allow people to add other RSS feeds to their own accounts and become a news reader application for those that want it. Offer the ability to add friends, share news items between them and let people to comment on news items something like Friendfeed."
Think I'll stick with a real RSS reader.
Unlike a lot of whiners on Twitter, I quite like Alltop and kudos to Kawasaki for continuing to release stuff, though Netvibes did it better and it still didn't catch on. These types of tools tend to be Squidoo-style fads, but hopefully Guy has enough traction from his legion of followers to actually make it work this time around.
MyAlltop RSS would, that would be something!
Are people going to adopt this as their new start page? Why have everything public? I can't imagine that any of the examples are people who are not RSS readers. So what do I get?
Feedzz has beed doing something similar for a while and it allows user create a personal feed reading experience. Users can submit their own OPML or add feeds on the go while browsing pages. An added feature that make it stand from the crowd is that it combines the result of Calais semantic engine to provide tags (people, places, terms) for the blog items or news items. However nobody paid too much attention to his launch. I hope some day it get the attention it deserves.
Thanks
The only thing alltop is good for: find some blogs, add them to your rss feed, never visit again.
Who's tit did Guy have to suck to get this story through?