{"id":2170,"date":"2008-01-30T23:14:36","date_gmt":"2008-01-31T04:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mathewingram.com\/work\/2008\/01\/30\/persai-meet-findory-and-thoof\/"},"modified":"2008-01-30T23:14:36","modified_gmt":"2008-01-31T04:14:36","slug":"persai-meet-findory-and-thoof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/2008\/01\/30\/persai-meet-findory-and-thoof\/","title":{"rendered":"Persai, meet Findory and Thoof"},"content":{"rendered":"

Okay, so the guys behind Uncov — the hilariously snarky and bitchy tech site that reminded me of Suck (for those whose memories extend back to the first bubble) — have launched their own tech company<\/a>: a personalized news aggregator called Persai that is currently in beta. Why do I have the overpowering feeling that this is going to end badly? Oh, I know why. Because at least half a dozen other companies have tried to do exactly the same thing<\/em> and failed miserably, that’s why.<\/p>\n

Don’t get me wrong. I don’t want to say that just because someone — or even a group of someones — failed at something, that means the guys at Persai can’t succeed. Maybe they can. Maybe they’re that much smarter than Greg Linden, who founded Findory<\/a>, or Ian Clarke, who was behind Thoof<\/a>. Maybe they have some kind of secret sauce. Not to mention the fact that I’m only going on what has been reported about Persai<\/a>.<\/p>\n

All that said, though, I have to think that the odds are stacked against these guys. A personalized news aggregator is an idea that has been around forever, and plenty of people have tried to make it work, and yet — well, it doesn’t. Not as a business, anyway. Still, more power to you guys at Persai<\/a>. I still think you should have stuck with the hilariously bitchy blog idea. Maybe not a big moneymaker, but way more fun. <\/p>\n

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Okay, so the guys behind Uncov — the hilariously snarky and bitchy tech site that reminded me of Suck (for those whose memories extend back to the first bubble) — have launched their own tech company: a personalized news aggregator called Persai that is currently in beta. Why do I have the overpowering feeling that … <\/p>\n

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