The Speculist

Everybody go check out PunditDrome, a very cool new approach to blog aggregation. And, yes, it would have been cool even if creator Scott Ferguson hadn't decided to include The Speculist in his blog hit parade. But seeing as he did include us...well, let's just call it

A formula for success if ever we saw one. PunditDrome is still in an early stage of development. Scott has dubbed the current version Beta 1. In a recent chat, I asked him what drove him to create such a handy blug-surfing tool. His answer surprised me only a little:

Hmmm ... I created the site to help keep myself from getting fired. I can cruise the blogs without doing too many mouse clicks.

A worthy aim, indeed. PunditDrome makes good use of RSS feeds to provide a sort of dashboard view into the blogosphere, giving an at-a-glance summary of the latest entries on 51 diverse blogs. One of the neat things about this view is that it retains some elements of the look and feel of each blog. Scott comments on his unique view of the blogosphere:

I think it's really interesting to see how an issue sweeps across the blogs, it's like watching clouds roll across the sky.

Nice image, that. So if you'd like to get a slightly different take on the blogosphere than anything you've seen before, that name again is