Tom Pimental : Web Creative » tech dispenser http://www.tompimental.com An online media expert with over 10 years experiencing designing, developing and advocating the creation of cutting edge web products. Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:32:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Gearing up for the new TechDispenser launch http://www.tompimental.com/2009/11/gearing-up-for-the-new-techdispenser-launch/ http://www.tompimental.com/2009/11/gearing-up-for-the-new-techdispenser-launch/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:00:49 +0000 admin http://www.tompimental.com/?p=457 The original TechDispenser (blog aggregator and ad network) eventually evolved into the IDG TechNetwork so when the idea came about to create a technology-focused custom newsletter tool, we thought we’d reuse the name. So for the last 2-3 months, I’ve been product managing the significant build to get this rather unique product to market.

It’s not ready yet, but I put together a screencast preview video to show the world what we’ve been working on. Check out the video and let us know what you think.

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  1. Increase our relationship with our publishing partners by allowing them to dictate what appears on the site
  2. Compete with algorithmic aggregators by including content outside of our blog network

I’ll give an update once this has been live for a bit.

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Tech Dispenser is a technology blog network and aggregator. Unique in that it is completely run by humans, Tech Dispenser is an intentional “step backwards” in content aggregation. Bloggers can apply to be part of the network and a real-life human reviews each application. Once approved, our custom tool grabs each blog’s RSS feed and an editor reviews, tags and categorizes every post. The home page will be compiled by editors and it will include packages of related blog posts which reflect the hottest topics in tech.

We feel that Tech Dispenser will benefit readers, bloggers and advertisers alike. Readers get a human-edited view of the tech landscape, bloggers have the potential to earn more money and gain new readership through techdispenser.com and advertisers can tap the tech blog market and know precisely where their ads will appear.

Tech Dispenser is officially launching later this month, but if you have a blog that you’d like to submit, you can apply at techdispenser.com today.

We’re truly excited about this product and have put significant investment into building the site and set of custom tools used to run it.? If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment below.

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