Desparately seeking...

May 17, 2007 14:53

Some months ago, I found myself experimenting with a site that simulates a desktop, with lots of little boxes each of which can contain various different kinds of content - RSS feeds, search engines, pictures, notes, all sorts. I even created an account, and I'm sure I emailed the link to someone, but I can't find it, or remember the name of the ( Read more... )

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wimble May 17 2007, 14:16:22 UTC
It wasn't the Google personalized homepage?

I know no more about it than the fact there's a iGoogle link and a sign in link at the top right of the Google page, and it's the first place I came across this sort of thing. (In fact, it's the only place, 'cos I don't go exploring for it. So I'm probably wrong!)

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uitlander May 17 2007, 16:27:45 UTC
I was thinking the same thing. I've been playing with it recently and it looks rather fun.

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mrlloyd May 18 2007, 16:22:36 UTC
One guy at work has everything running through his Google homepage and it's very impressive. Not sure how long it took him to get it exactly the way he wanted it but it's very nice...

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sumbitch May 17 2007, 15:26:20 UTC
i don't suppose Google Reader would do for you? it rox my sox. and the reader can be inserted as a widget into the iGoogle home page.

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a_llusive May 17 2007, 16:16:00 UTC
I believe Milan uses wordpress for his blog and I seem to remember he had a feed aggregator on that somewhere: he is rather fussy about such things.
Maybe imagined it.

I'd like to recommend which seems to be free, but that's only because I like the name.

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adamsmithjr May 18 2007, 07:21:15 UTC
There's a famous French company and an article about the site in Slate but I can't find it... Sorry!

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onyxblue1 May 18 2007, 17:39:26 UTC
While looking at something completely unrelated, I found Bloglines. Don't know if it's quite what you're wanting, though.

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