{"id":1653,"date":"2007-08-24T10:52:32","date_gmt":"2007-08-24T14:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mathewingram.com\/work\/2007\/08\/24\/mytimes-is-more-like-whytimes\/"},"modified":"2007-08-24T10:52:32","modified_gmt":"2007-08-24T14:52:32","slug":"mytimes-is-more-like-whytimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/2007\/08\/24\/mytimes-is-more-like-whytimes\/","title":{"rendered":"MyTimes is more like WhyTimes"},"content":{"rendered":"

As plenty<\/a> of others<\/a> are reporting elsewhere<\/a>, the New York Times has launched the public version of its MyTimes customizable home page, which has been in beta for almost a year now. I tried it out when it first launched and I confess my reaction was very similar to some of the other responses<\/a> out there — in other words, the new offering has some not bad features, but nothing that’s going to alter the fabric of the Web or cause the earth to stop rotating.<\/p>\n

I think one of the most interesting features is the ability to check out — and add the RSS feeds for — some of the sites that New York Times reporters and columnists like to go to. I confess I haven’t really spent much time on the site<\/a> since I checked it out initially, but the last time I looked they hadn’t done much apart from letting you add feeds from NYT writers and add tabs specific to each of your favourite authors.<\/p>\n

My friend Mike Masnick at Techdirt isn’t very impressed<\/a> with the site, and I share his lack of enthusiasm. While it’s not a bad offering, I wonder why the Times bothered with MyTimes when there are others offering much the same features. I assume they’re hoping faithful readers will gravitate to the site because of their love for the brand, but I’m not sure that’s true. If I were them, I would have spent a bit more time trying to make it unique.<\/p>\n

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As plenty of others are reporting elsewhere, the New York Times has launched the public version of its MyTimes customizable home page, which has been in beta for almost a year now. I tried it out when it first launched and I confess my reaction was very similar to some of the other responses out … <\/p>\n

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