notifiles is a multiplatform application (Linux, MacOSX, Windows) intended to fire various kinds of custom notifications (podcasts, eMails, logs, scripts) when new files are created inside watched folders.
Gnome RSS Notifier is a simple applet for the Gnome desktop environment, allowing you to watch RSS feeds, and being notified when new items are published.
An old-shool web-based news reader and bookmarking app
This project intends to provide a free (as in freedom) alternative to web news readers and bookmarking apps.
It is built around the following analogies:
1. You contemplate the river of news flowing down from your selection of sources.
2. You can then use a sieve to filter out and collect the most interesting links.
A demo is at http://wateronmars-demo.herokuapp.com
For the curious developers the aim is also to provide the base mechanics for news and bookmarks manipulations....