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Impressive. The aspect I find of particular interest is dog piling. When I first heard about Prismatic[0] (RIP), I thought that would be a great way of discover

by grzm 9y ago

Impressive. The aspect I find of particular interest is dog piling. When I first heard about Prismatic[0] (RIP), I thought that would be a great way of discovering articles on topics I was in interested from sources I didn't already know. I ended up being overwhelmed by articles dog piling without a useful way to filter them for either (a) the original source of the news or (b) articles written on the topic from sources who added valuable context or insight into the topic. I'm glad to see someone tackling this particular issue. One aspect the author touched on is "I'd like to be suprised by relevant things that I don't know about." It's not immediately clear how to discover serendipitously items that are outside of the things you're already interested in, and therefore would already be in your feed. This is an area I'd like to know more about. I'm also really keen on someone taking the time to automate curation of their own feed. One can still fall prey to the more negative aspects of Daily Me[1], but at least you're better aware of what's going into producing the feed you're reading and have the tools to update it if you find it's not serving your best interests. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prismatic_(app) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prismatic_(app) [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_Me https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_Me

CPLX 9y ago
Perhaps off-topic but I was quite fond of Prismatic. Is there a good replacement out there you've found?
- grzm 9y ago
  No, unfortunately. I haven't really searched much. My patience for trying out new tools isn't all that high. The only two I've really used have been NetNewsWire (which I stopped using I think back around the time NewsGator acquired it) and Prismatic, which I never really found useful. The closest thing I use now is HN. I think likely the next tool I'll use in this space is roll-my-own as the author has or some app that provides the building blocks or plugin architecture for customization along those lines.

by grzm 9y ago

CPLX 9y ago

Perhaps off-topic but I was quite fond of Prismatic. Is there a good replacement out there you've found?

grzm 9y ago
No, unfortunately. I haven't really searched much. My patience for trying out new tools isn't all that high. The only two I've really used have been NetNewsWire (which I stopped using I think back around the time NewsGator acquired it) and Prismatic, which I never really found useful. The closest thing I use now is HN. I think likely the next tool I'll use in this space is roll-my-own as the author has or some app that provides the building blocks or plugin architecture for customization along those lines.