Particls came out of an invitation only alpha testing today with advanced alerts and other innovations. This anticipated startup has been hard at work developing one of the best RSS and data feed tools of Web 2.0 See my post at ReadWriteWeb for more information and links to this great time saver and perhaps the future of RSS.
After the testing I realized just how useful this service can truly be. At first the learning curve and my deadline caused me some issues. The biggest of these was that I was not very selective in choosing the RSS and feeds that I wanted notification on. More precisely, I did not narrow the customization in the UI field so that filtering could limit the data. The result was a barrage of notifications. The issue is easily handled via feedback on the notifications which helps Particls learn what to present.
Out There
Particls like many very innovative services could be really “out there” into the Web 3.0 landscape with some more additions. It is not really fair to comment too much about the few negative aspects of the service since it is so new. One aspect that was mentioned at ReadWrite was email notification. Another that I know is possible would be any update to a favorite web site or service. If the engine is strong enough, which remains to be seen, then users can essentially have a smart buddy to keep them up on any development Web wide. That is “out there” in my book. Time is the most crucial commodity any of us have and it looks like Particls could save us all plenty.
