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# NewsBlur
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* Live at [www.newsblur.com](http://www.newsblur.com).
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* A visual feed reader with intelligence.
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* Created by [Samuel Clay](http://www.samuelclay.com).
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* Twitter: [@samuelclay](http://twitter.com/samuelclay) and
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[@newsblur](http://twitter.com/newsblur).
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## Features
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1. Shows the original site (you have to see it to believe it)
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2. Hides stories you don't want to read based on tags, keywords, authors, etc.
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3. Highlights stories you want to read, based on the same criteria.
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## Technologies
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### Server-side
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* Django: Web framework written in Python, used to serve all pages.
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* Celery & RabbitMQ: Asynchronous queueing server, used to fetch and parse
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RSS feeds.
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* MongoDB, Pymongo, & Mongoengine: Non-relational database, used to store
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stories, read stories, feed/page fetch histories, and proxied sites.
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* PostgreSQL: Relational database, used to store feeds, subscriptions, and
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user accounts.
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### Client-side and design
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* jQuery: Cross-browser compliant JavaScript code. IE works without effort.
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* Underscore.js: Functional programming for JavaScript. Indispensible.
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* Miscellaneous jQuery Plugins: Everything from resizable layouts, to progress
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bars, sortables, date handling, colors, corners, JSON, animations.
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[See the complete list](https://github.com/samuelclay/NewsBlur/tree/master/media/js).
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Roadmap
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### Winter 2011 ###
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* River of News
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* Starred stories
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### Summer 2011 ###
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* iPhone app
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* Implicit sorting in River of News
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### Fall 2011 ###
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* Social features
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Author
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* [Samuel Clay](http://www.samuelclay.com) <samuel@ofbrooklyn.com>
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* [@samuelclay](http://twitter.com/samuelclay) on Twitter
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License
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NewsBlur is licensed under the MIT License. (See LICENSE) |