Create a constantly-updated page to monitor any subject

Hi,

in my new serie on "the Practical uses of Netvibes" here is a new one.

If you want create a constantly-updated page to monitor any subject that you are interested in, just follow the indications of William J. Turkel gives in his Blog.

Basicaly here is how he proceeds:

1) First of all, create a (free) account at Netvibes.

2) Add the RSS feeds you need to check "the subject you are interested in"

3) Go to the "Add Content" and Add a blog search module for "the subject you are interested in"

That gives you the spectrum of discussion ranging from edited, through mildly moderated to free-for-all.

4) Pass the feed through a Feedshake filter if the data are not "precise" enough. This is a free service (but you need to register) for customizing, filtering, converting and merging newsfeeds and podcasts. Feedshake lets you combine and manipulate RSS feeds online.

5) To get the latest book news, grab a feed of reviews and create a feed of "the subbject you are interested in" books at Amazon.
Do this using Paul Bausch's Amazon Feed Generator (another free service with no need to register)

6) Next you will want to get links to the tables of contents for the journals. To do this make use of the Feed43 service and follow the specific instructions of William J. Turkel on how to Scrape a Web Page to RSS Feed.

7) Finally, add in the notepad module (go to Add Content and choose Basic Widgets and select WebNote) to jot down anything you want to remember while reading all your page.

8) If the result is ok, and you think you could share this Tab, why not Share this Tab by sending an email or if, of more general interest, why do not publish it in the Netvibes Ecosystem ?

Good work!

Text to Voice Rss feeds Reader: The Widget I would like now

Hi,

I would like to place on my Netvibes a Text to Voice Rss feeds Reader.
It would permit me to listen to RSS feeds instead of reading them.
Why ? I think that in the future with mobile phones I could need it.

Listen here what could be the Text to Voice Update from Netviber Experience Blog.

Any suggestion ?

I tried to check the Netvibes Ecosystem but their search is very poor... and that could become a problem. How to choose Modules and Widgets if you do not have a proper search function? But that is worth another discussion.

(For the Text to Voice simulation I used the ATT research Demo and File Storage is provided by OhShare (direct upload up to 80 MB and no registration and no time limit))

New Netvibes version named "Coriander" out the 20th

Hi,

WiredNews has just announced the New version of Netvibes called "Coriander" .

It will get out at The Future of Web Apps conference in London on Feb. 20 - Feb. 21 and will introduce several new features:

1) a new integrated RSS reader (similar to Google's reader)

2) Users will be able to share customized modules among friends so that with just one click, a user can send either a full content module or a tab within a module via e-mail or instant message.

3) a new set of modules offering site-specific searches.

For what I am concerned, I think that the possibility to Share with Others was one of the most important features missing in Netvibes.
Let's wait and see if that new Coriander version is up with my expectations...