Posted on November 2, 2007
DailyMe - Online News and Subject Tracking - Lacking RSS Delivery
BY JAMES CLARK
Today I got the invite to start testing the DailyMe service.
I love the idea of having a single-source provider of quality content filtering for news topics I'm interested in. All the content they provided is fully licensed so you can have access to full length articles with no redirects. Very nice.
DailyMe works by choosing a combination of Categories, Sources, Member Picks, DailyMe Picks (content chosen by the DailyMe editorial staff) and Keywords. I like the editorial staff concept, it gives me the warm fuzzies that a human is participating in the process.
The Content selection process is very easy by simply searching on keywords or choosing from a preview screen on categories:
In the case of the above screenshot I'm tracking content relating to "personal finance", so I'm building a resource group to update me on that subject matter.
As part of the Content selection you can choose Member's picks, which is a feature I like and don't like. Hey Guy Kawasaki is in there:
For Delivery you can choose reviewing it online or receiving it via print or email. The cool thing is that you can select delivery days and times too:
It's a disappointment that DailyMe does not offer an RSS delivery option like EPISODr, which can deliver moderated media feeds based on the same selection criteria (day, times, etc.).
Other than the lack of RSS delivery, I'm hopeful of the DailyMe service. I'll keep you posted on how it all plays out and if I can actually pay attention to the content in email format.
