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"The stuff you care about, all in one place."
Except the stuff I care about will never be in just one place. Somehow "more stuff you care about, all in yet another place" doesn't have the same ring to it.
To be clear: I don't mean to knock Flipboard. I'm very impressed with their high quality work, and I'm sure it can be a fun and useful tool. I'm just interested in the broader notion of "all in one place."
My hypothesis is that there will never be "one true venue" for finding news. We're foragers by nature. Our valuation of a piece of content is (in part) proportional to how hard that content was to find. We will always seek new venues for content discovery.
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It would appear they are doing some server side magic to determine which stuff shows up (hence the need for their own server):
"...Well, it has a set of algorithms that are looking for highly engaged items. You know, items that have lots of comments, likes, or retweets. It also has an algorithm that senses photography that’s been linked to from Facebook status messages and it lays those photos out."
Quoted from: http://scobleizer.com/2010/07/20/exclusive-first-look-at-rev...
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The app is pretty straightforward. First, you enter some topics that you’re interested in. Every time you launch the app, you’ll be presented with a list of these topics. Clicking on one will bring you to a list of recent blog posts, tweets, and other content that contains those topic keywords. You can also filter through this content by source, allowing you to see only content from Twitter, news sites, and so on. If you’ve already set up an account on the YourVersion website, you can sync that with the app (any items you bookmark or share from the app will be reflected on the site as well).
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- digg vs dot is a simple website that was put together to highlight the act of crossposting articles among two very popular sites, digg.com and Slashdot.org. - Joel Liu on 2005-11-13
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Findory: We think people are overwhelmed by the flood of information in their daily lives. We need a way to filter, prioritize, and find focus. Personalization can help people find and discover the information they need.
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Findory: Two people, Greg Linden and Alex Edelman. Greg wrote the first recommendation engine used by Amazon.com, and later led the software team that developed Amazon.com’s personalization systems. Alex is also an alumnus of Amazon.com. During his 7 years at Amazon.com, he worked on everything from the website display engine to developer tools to supply chain and logistics systems.
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