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.

On Monday I finished the last exam of my undergraduate career. Needless to say, I felt very good. I was filled with the warm sensation of having finally accomplished what I had set out to, many years ago.

I now feel filled with energy, determination, and focus. I have been concentrating primarily on school for the last few years, so now I am primed to get into the workforce in a real way. I am ready to use my talents in the business world - where they will be tested much more throughly than they have been in the academic world.

I am also ready to jump into work because I am excited about the company I will be working with. I start tomorrow at a small start-up company called Suited Media Inc. Suited Media Inc. was founded in November 2006 to develop innovative online marketing solutions.

I will be working in a beautiful new building located on UW’s north campus, the Waterloo Accelerator Centre. I am quite excited be joining a small entrepreneurial software company at such a critical time in its young life. I feel ready to dedicate my attention to the continued growth and success of Suited Media Inc.

I am now ready to jump into the working world with full force. I graduate in April and I am available to start work in May.
I am looking for a full-time position working in the area of software development and/or business development. Web-related development is my preferred type of software development work, although I am open to all interesting offers. See my resume for all my details. My preferred work location is Waterloo, Ontario (and area), but I welcome interested employers from across Canada to contact me.

I am quite excited to be finishing my final term at the University of Waterloo. In about three months I will be the proud owner of an Honours degree in Computer Science from one of the best CS programs in the world. I now understand why it is considered such.

I have had many exciting years at UW, but I am ready to leave the academic world and use my knowledge and experience to create real world innovation. The knowledge I have acquired at UW has been deep and wide, hands-on and theoretical, and current and relevant. And, I already have years of real-world business and software development experience thanks to the amazing co-op program at UW. The knowledge and experience I have acquired during co-op terms has been substantial. Furthermore, my personal research efforts span far and wide. The number of blogs on my personal reading list is extremely high and has been stabilizing (see Number of Feeds I Read) over the past few years. I can hardly believe I have been running this blog since 2003! The number of posts is now nearing 500.