Despite my love for WordPress, I am apparently not immune to technological misfortunte. The WordPress database exploded 3 weeks ago, and school has been so intense that I haven’t had a chance to debug it. Its up and running and in good shape now. Activity will resume, and an update on our Facebook app is due tomorrow. Stay tuned.
I’d be lying if I said that I didn’t already have 15 different methods to streamline my news reading process. In fact, its beginning to truly exploit my information addiction. Nevertheless, Newsvine is my new favorite hook. The website design is clean, attractive, and intuitive. The makings of a good homepage. As it is with most Web 2.0 sites, the site is simply a conduit for user provided content. Thus, profits are directly linked to the eyeballs attracted in the form of advertising revenues. A rather unique feature of the Newsvines business model is that its users are shown gratitude for their editorial time spent on the site by earning a percentage of the advertising revenues earned from their columns. Despite the simplistic nature of news aggregation, the quest for the most efficient and attractive method for news delivery continues one more formidable challenger.
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