My first and second look at PimpMyNews put my thoughts in the category of “interesting, but not my bag.” But then, I started to get it. What’s neat about PimpMyNews is that you can cook off a bunch of MP3 files of blogs you like reading, dump them into your MP3 player (portable or on your desk), and listen to a bunch of blogs while doing stuff.
They’re adding feeds all the time (and honestly, I want the navigation to change a lot, because flicking around alphabetical lists isn’t really useful to me, but hey, gotta start somewhere), so there’s a likelihood that you’ll find something to like there. But even that made me pause. Some blogs are great to read, but would they “listen” well?
I listened to my own blog post (natch), and found it actually reasonably listenable.
So it’s neat, and you might give it a try. I think there are some ways to use it that you’ll find useful. In future versions, I want different organizational structures (like Best Of, etc, etc), and an easier nav method. But John and team have done a good start.
What do you think? Ready to start downloading audible versions of your favorite blogs?
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