Say Goodbye To Ye Olde Editorial Process

Move Over Editors, The Readers Want Your Jobs

It's not only the language that's changing, but also the editorial process. Dave Winer, the one who brought us RSS and, arguably, blogging, has been tinkering with the New York Times RSS feed to develop what he calls the New York Times "river."

Winer hasn't settled yet on the best way to deliver, either by keyword, outline, or chronology, but what he's developing is definitely a way around the traditional editor's choice of what's important. The "river" displays article headlines and blurbs from the Times in text only, organized by the reader's preference.