I have meant to post about AideRSS for months now, but I have been so busy at Suited Media gearing up for the launch of Pokerspace that I have completely disregarded this blog and its readers. Rest assured I will be able to put more time back to this blog in the coming months.

For those that are still listening, there is a something you should check out. Simply put, I am very impressed with some software, a web application, created by a small team of local professionals including a fellow UW graduate, Ilya Grigorik, the Chief Architect of AideRSS, Inc.

AideRSS may be the first tool I have found in a long while that has the potential to significantly improve on my Bloglines experiences. Bloglines has been my tool of choice for blog reading for years, but as past posts have detailed I have found some difficulties navigating and enveloping hundreds of feeds a day, many of which post a lot, some of which post rarely. I used to subscribe to almost 500 feeds, but I am now cut down to about 335.

After meeting Ilya I knew he was creating innovative and potentially important software. I met Ilya at my UW graduation ceremony a few months ago. We exchanged some of our experiences and entrepreneurial interests. Conversing with him before the ceremony confirmed my initial impressions that Ilya was a very interesting individual. We exchanged contacts and I actually added him to my LinkedIn, which is something I have never done with someone I have known for such a short time. Now, a quick glance at his LinkedIn profile shows he is linked to more than 100 very interesting people - I not surprised in the slightest.

I played with his site for a few hours one night after work and found it to be a very well designed web application. I explored the site throughly and found it be an exemplary example of modern web design. I imported my entire OPML feed of into the site and it performed flawlessly. The interface was clear and easy to follow. I especially liked the quality feedback it gives the user at the apprioriate times and places. Looking at the CSS confirmed my guess that it was a cleanly coded site. Without any hesitation I subscribed to the AideRSS blog.

I am also impressed with their technology, PostRank. In fact, I use a lot of the same ranking techniques myself and have
experience with most of the sites (Bloglines, del.icio.us, Technorati, etc.) that enable the AideRSS application. I still use a lot of these services to run what I call “tracking feeds” for myself, my company, and other key words I care about so that I can hear immediately whenever these terms are mentioned online. I used to love PubSub (if you remember of it… if not, research it). I wish it was still around. Wow, apparently it is coming back…

PubSub is undergoing redevelopment at the moment. We’ll be relaunching as PubSub 2.0 this winter with a host of exciting new features and services.

Anyways, I suggest you check out AideRSS.

You may have noticed that Echo Generation has been fairly quiet recently. In my last post, I talked about my new employer, Suited Media Inc, but I have yet to blog about what exactly I have been working on.

So, what have I been doing? I have been very busy developing a new social networking site called Pokerspace.

Pokerspace is currently in its final stages of development for a demo release. If you would like to be one of the first few people to try out the site and help us improve it, you can submit your name and email address at Pokerspace.com.

We also recently launched the Pokerspace Development Blog, where you can stay up to date on the most recent Pokerspace development news.

That is all I have time to blog about for now, but as always, stay tuned to my blog for updates.

Dave Pollard of How to Save the World is one of the best bloggers I read. In his words, his blog is about environmental philosophy, creative works, business papers and essays.

How to Save the World posts are consistently filled with insightful commentary and analysis, and he goes into far more detail than most blogs. Dave’s content grabs my attention for a sizeable percentage of his posts (i.e. he gets a click out of Bloglines to his actual site), like yesterday’s post entitled Meeting the Acute Need for Entrepreneurial Skills.

The Idea: The New Economy will have an explosive need for critical entrepreneurial skills. Universities are not equipped or inclined to provide them. You can’t learn them just by reading a book. We need to create a whole new ‘channel’ for entrepreneurial education.

Why I blog this? Many of my posts will include links to multiple blogs I am reading, but sometimes I feel the need to highlight specific bloggers who are tuned in more than most. Dave is a blogger who is changing the world with every word he writes.