The Blawgistan Times Comes to Life

The Blawgistan Times implements its flavor of centralized aggregation very nicely. Jonas indicates that it's only a taste of what's to come.

Kevin Heller quotes Dave Winer, who recently said,

Evan Williams says centralized news aggregators are the wave of the future. We tried that, before the dotcom bust, and perhaps it could have paid for itself through advertising, but really, I have my doubts.

Kevin optimistically remarks, "Seems to me like Jonas is way ahead of these guys." But Dave Winer and Evan Williams both know their stuff when it comes to blogging, and they do have a point-- at some point, this endeavor may cost more than pocket change and time. That isn't stifling the creativity at the outset, though, which makes me happy. The Blawgistan Times won't replace my aggregator, but it will introduce me to blawgers I don't already read on a regular basis. The longer-term plans look very impressive, too.