The simple fact is that many people I know—yes even in the "digital" space still don't use RSS feeds. Instead, they do e-mail subscriptions, bookmarking and even manual site visits sporadically when the mood strikes their fancy. While the popularity of feeds and readers will likely continue as an upward trend—for those of you who can't be bothered with it, but want to peruse the blogs of some distinct voices on the internet, there's Alltop.
Alltop aggregates content from folks like Seth Godin, Guy Kawasaki, Jason Calcanis, John Maeda—and yeah I'm on the list too (somewhere near the bottom).
Of course, the creators know we'll blog about it—but more importantly, this fits my agenda nicely. My agenda, by the way is to get you to read these blogs. RSS feeds shouldn't stand in the way. So, go ahead and bookmark it. And happy reading. Knowledge is power.
Great insights David.
Indeed RSS feeds should not stand in the way!
Yesterday Guy did a candid and engaging video interview about Alltop.
The video can be seen here:
http://www.valleyzen.com/2008/02/08/alltop-all-zen-launching-today/
He talked about the elegance and simplicity of the interface, and we delved into the Zen of Alltop. He answers future critics of the "Egos" category :)
Posted by: Drue Kataoka | Friday, February 08, 2008 at 11:27 PM
What this site lack is a big RSS button that allows me to subscribe to all the posts.
I have been meaning to setup a pipe to get all the must-read blogs onto a single RSS -- more ideally be managed by someone else.
It got me wondering if there are any admin'ed RSS feed that aggregate posts together with an editorial view point / content without being a bland and uninspired directory.
Cheers,
SML
Posted by: See-ming Lee | Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at 03:01 PM
Waaaa! I was on the first page with Lip-sticking but... I'm gone! :-( Still writing about this...it's so great. Nice to be in good company and not have to search my RSS reader.
Posted by: Yvonne DiVita | Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 02:37 PM