Comments on: Hyperlocal News Site – Now Build one for your neighbourhood [Everyblock goes open source] http://www.pluggd.in/hyperlocal-news-site-everyblock-goes-open-source-297/ We Heart Startups! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:53:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: The Unigon http://www.pluggd.in/hyperlocal-news-site-everyblock-goes-open-source-297/comment-page-/#comment-109887 The Unigon Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:56:20 +0000 http://www.pluggd.in/?p=4573#comment-109887 Thanks Neha. :) Thanks Neha. :)

]]> By: The Unigon http://www.pluggd.in/hyperlocal-news-site-everyblock-goes-open-source-297/comment-page-1/#comment-109819 The Unigon Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:28:39 +0000 http://www.pluggd.in/?p=4573#comment-109819 Ok! So we have 2 votes for news aggregators; and none for news sites. :-) Doesn't anyone like IBNLive? Or BBC? Ok! So we have 2 votes for news aggregators; and none for news sites. :-)

Doesn’t anyone like IBNLive? Or BBC?

]]> By: sansdom http://www.pluggd.in/hyperlocal-news-site-everyblock-goes-open-source-297/comment-page-1/#comment-109818 sansdom Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:24:06 +0000 http://www.pluggd.in/?p=4573#comment-109818 I would prefer Reader (Aggregator) since my interests are no way connected to quality content :P I would prefer Reader (Aggregator) since my interests are no way connected to quality content :P

]]> By: The Unigon http://www.pluggd.in/hyperlocal-news-site-everyblock-goes-open-source-297/comment-page-1/#comment-109816 The Unigon Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:08:57 +0000 http://www.pluggd.in/?p=4573#comment-109816 @sansdom Agreed! But, what do you prefer? :-) @sansdom
Agreed! But, what do you prefer? :-)

]]> By: The Unigon http://www.pluggd.in/hyperlocal-news-site-everyblock-goes-open-source-297/comment-page-1/#comment-109815 The Unigon Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:07:17 +0000 http://www.pluggd.in/?p=4573#comment-109815 [quote] News aggregators by definition aggregate news related to a particular subject or interest. [/quote] Not necessarily so. Aggregators try and group news/stories from various sources together and make these available. Google News (http://news.google.com/) is a good example. Blogs are (in a way) a kind of news sites themselves. People post news and views which is fresh and makes for good discussion points (like how we are doing here). :-) [quote] News aggregators by definition aggregate news related to a particular subject or interest. [/quote]
Not necessarily so. Aggregators try and group news/stories from various sources together and make these available. Google News (http://news.google.com/) is a good example.

Blogs are (in a way) a kind of news sites themselves. People post news and views which is fresh and makes for good discussion points (like how we are doing here). :-)

]]> By: Sriram Vadlamani http://www.pluggd.in/hyperlocal-news-site-everyblock-goes-open-source-297/comment-page-1/#comment-109809 Sriram Vadlamani Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:53:26 +0000 http://www.pluggd.in/?p=4573#comment-109809 News aggregators by definition aggregate news related to a particular subject or interest. News sites are more general and not focused. Right now news sites are ruling but aggregators are putting them on the block. That is the reason why blogs have seen such a huge success. Verdict is give me news aggregators any time. News aggregators by definition aggregate news related to a particular subject or interest.

News sites are more general and not focused.

Right now news sites are ruling but aggregators are putting them on the block. That is the reason why blogs have seen such a huge success.

Verdict is give me news aggregators any time.

]]> By: The Unigon http://www.pluggd.in/hyperlocal-news-site-everyblock-goes-open-source-297/comment-page-1/#comment-109805 The Unigon Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:33:59 +0000 http://www.pluggd.in/?p=4573#comment-109805 [quote] So even after installing Mapnik and all other dependencies user will have some coding to do. [/quote] While I haven't downloaded and installed the code base to verify the complexity, the coding part shouldn't be a hindrance. Their FAQ section says : This means anybody — news organizations, governments or independent citizens — will be able to create sites that work like EveryBlock, given the technical expertise. --------------------------- There you go. *given the technical expertise*. It's said. :-) [quote] So even after installing Mapnik and all other dependencies user will have some coding to do. [/quote]
While I haven’t downloaded and installed the code base to verify the complexity, the coding part shouldn’t be a hindrance.

Their FAQ section says :
This means anybody — news organizations, governments or independent citizens — will be able to create sites that work like EveryBlock, given the technical expertise.
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There you go. *given the technical expertise*. It’s said. :-)

]]> By: sansdom http://www.pluggd.in/hyperlocal-news-site-everyblock-goes-open-source-297/comment-page-1/#comment-109804 sansdom Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:27:25 +0000 http://www.pluggd.in/?p=4573#comment-109804 @ Aggregator Vs sites. It depends. If one looks for quality and general content, one would prefer to go for fewer sites which has consistently given good quality unbiased content instead of aggregator. @ Aggregator Vs sites.
It depends. If one looks for quality and general content, one would prefer to go for fewer sites which has consistently given good quality unbiased content instead of aggregator.

]]> By: Ankur http://www.pluggd.in/hyperlocal-news-site-everyblock-goes-open-source-297/comment-page-1/#comment-109803 Ankur Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:03:50 +0000 http://www.pluggd.in/?p=4573#comment-109803 The codebase is one dependency hell and let's not forget the UI templates look and feel are not part of codebase/GPL. So even after installing Mapnik and all other dependencies user will have some coding to do. The codebase is one dependency hell and let’s not forget the UI templates look and feel are not part of codebase/GPL. So even after installing Mapnik and all other dependencies user will have some coding to do.

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