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NetNewsWire has completely spoiled me when it comes to getting my news, Yahoo Groups postings, and even FedEx package tracking at a glance.

So I definitely agree with Jon here, especially when it comes to the banking. (Ever been accidentally overdrawn on your checking account because of a transaction you didn't know was coming? I have. Not fun.)

Darrin proposes an interesting idea for TV listings via RSS. Right now, I use Excite's TV Favorites page to track my favorite shows, and it works pretty well. But, of course, I have to go and check it manually.

What I'd actually prefer is a program like the now-abandoned tvmenu, where I could select my favorite shows and have the program automatically find instances of those shows (using something like XMLTV), and alert me when they come on. Give me lots of notification capabilites including the option to sync it as a calendar (with alarms) to my iPod, let it control an eyeTV, Formac Studio TVR, or AlchemyTV card, wrap it all up in a simple and intuitive interface, and you'd have one killer way to manage your TV viewing. Are you listening, Delicious Monster folks? I would fork over $40 or more for something like this that worked well.

NetNewsWire has completely spoiled me when it comes to getting my news, Yahoo Groups postings, and even FedEx package tracking at a glance.
So I definitely agree with Jon here, especially when it comes to the banking. (Ever been accidentally overdrawn on your checking account because of a transaction you didn't know was coming? I have. Not fun.)

Darrin proposes an interesting idea for TV listings via RSS. Right now, I use Excite's TV Favorites page to track my favorite shows, and it works pretty well. But, of course, I have to go and check it manually.
What I'd actually prefer is a program like the now-abandoned tvmenu, where I could select my favorite shows and have the program automatically find instances of those shows (using something like XMLTV), and alert me when they come on. Give me lots of notification capabilites including the option to sync it as a calendar (with alarms) to my iPod, let it control an eyeTV, Formac Studio TVR, or AlchemyTV card, wrap it all up in a simple and intuitive interface, and you'd have one killer way to manage your TV viewing. Are you listening, Delicious Monster folks? I would fork over $40 or more for something like this that worked well.

Posted: Wed - December 1, 2004 at 08:40 AM          

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