Top 10 Sources is just that — a collector of the top ten sources of
news and articles on dozen of categories. Need to keep up with news and
commentary on wine? Editor Robert Rogoyski has compiled a top 10 list
of news feeds that should satisfy your oenophilia. Is hip hop more your thang? Try Olivia Ma’s top 10 list.
Top 10 Sources’ lists of feeds cover dozens of topics, each one
compiled by an editor who provides enlightening commentary along with
the list. Think of Top 10 sources as a news aggregator with an
editiorial board, providing content and context.
Top 10 Sources is the creation of John Palfrey and Jim Moore,
both of whom I’ve had the pleasure of meeting through Harvard’s Berkman
Center for Internet and Society (the project itself is independent of
Berkman, although a number of Berkman people are involved). I’ll let
John do the talking:
“Top 10 Sources is about adding a human element to searching and
sorting through the increasingly great syndicated content on the Web,”
said John Palfrey, founder and publisher of Top 10 Sources. “Much like
Yahoo! brought a hierarchy to the early days of the commercial
Internet with its browser, Top 10 Sources organizes information in
blogs, podcasts, wikis, photoblogs and other sources into ‘reading
lists.’ The goal is to foster an active conversation among readers,
authors and editors that is about, and results in, great online
content with context.”
Along with a regular roster of editors — one of whom is my wife — are special guest editors Dan Bricklin providing a top 10 list on podcasting and Irina Slutsky, who’s got two lists: one on geekstars (which I’m not on; an oversight, I’m sure) and one on digital identity.
Among my many hot husbandly duties is mentioning that my wife Wendy has four top 10 lists: December holidays, knitting, women’s health and one near and dear to her heart — weddings.
Each top 10 list in Top 10 Sources provides an RSS feed and an OPML
feed so that you can point your aggregator to them for hot
aggregator-on-aggregator super newsgathering action.