techcrunch.git

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3) # TechCrunch Feed Filter
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5) This is a Python script run as a cronjob to read the TechCrunch article feed, 
6) and decide which articles to include in its own feed.
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8) ## The Problem
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10) TechCrunch was a great blog about innovation and entrepreneurship. As it grew, 
11) it published more articles than I cared to read. Like many savvy blog readers, 

12) I used a feed reader to present the latest articles to me, but TechCrunch's 
13) feed was simply too profuse.

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15) ## The Solution
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17) I created a service that'd visit TechCrunch's feed, and make note of who made 
18) which articles, what the articles were about, how many comments each article 

19) had, and how many Diggs, Facebook likes and Facebook shares each article had.

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21) With that data, the service would determine the median, mean, standard 
22) deviation, and create a minimum threshold for whether the article merited 
23) being seen by me.
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25) I go into deeper detail in this [blog post about it](http://david.dlma.com/blog/my-techcrunch-feed-filter).
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27) Here's [the status page it generates](http://techcrunch.dlma.com/).

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29) # To Do
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31) * Maybe use Reddit upvotes
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33) # Pre-Git History