MOSAIC
[ project was proposed for Knights funding - unfortunately didn't get selected. However, I am hoping to develop and run as a Freemium business in near future. If anyone is interested in funding the project please contact me]
Feeds are indispensable part of online publishing and how a typical frequent reader of an online magazine would access. Project Mosaic is a way of making feeds TOPIC -ORIENTED rather than SITE-ORIENTED by aggregating from multiple sources, categorizing them and publishing them in the arrangement and layout user wants.
User can subscribe to one or more topics with fine control over what he wants, eg: sports or specifically sports-baseball and receive a comprehensive collection of articles from past and present on the topic(s). Further it can be fine tuned, eg: to sports-baseball: USA only 2008-9. System will also adjust itself to offer better service by predicting from user's trend, location and history of configurations, to make sure he receives exactly what he wants. In addition layout, organization and sorting are also configurable, that user can customize, beautify and prioritize, eg New York Knicks to be given priority and made sticky and articles on Los Angeles Clippers to be highlighted. Also the framework and API will be made freely available for anyone to offer custom feeds to readers and provide exactly what readers want. Hence a publishing house can make use of our API to offer their readers more control and options on what they receive in feeds.
To take this pleasant online reading to everyone, as a test scenario, in Sri Lanka CDs with the articles will be made available in weekly subscription free of charge that a Sri Lankan reader can chose the topics and get them at their door step. We believe it will create a positive impact on and give the people in the county an exposure to the latest news around the world on what matters to them.
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