It was inspired by the terrific memeorandum application, and designed to enable fans to quickly determine what's happening in the world of NBA weblogs.
Here's a brief overview of how it works:
- Each hour, it checks the XML (RSS, Atom, or RDF) feeds for several dozen NBA weblogs.
- For each post, it identifies the NBA-related links, players, teams, coaches, executives, broadcasters, and other people referenced.
- Posts are compared using these references in order to identify similar groups. The grouping isn't always perfect, but it generally yields interesting results.
Give it a try and let me know what you think!
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Posted by jgurney on November 25, 2005 12:31:32 AM PST
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Re: Introducing lowpost.net NBA Weblog Tracking
This looks like it could be pretty cool! I'm a big fan of Memeoradum and I've long thought that a sports-themed version would be good. I plan on checking lowpost.net out a lot to see how it ends up working out.
Comment from Matt Watson on November 28, 2005 1:37:27 PM PST
I think it's brilliant.
Nice job.
Comment from MattB on November 30, 2005 5:25:41 AM PST
I'll admit it, I'm a pretty big techonology geek. I'm just as likely to be checking up on TechCrunch, BoingBoing, Download Squad as I am ESPN, True Hoop or YAYsports!.
Of the tech sites I frequent, Memeorandum has become a daily read. Think of the in...
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