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Name this open-source feed reader

Cape Town-based app development house thisarmy.com is looking for public participation in finding an appropriate name for its new web application: a good, old-fashioned feed aggregator.

Explain the developers, "The feed reader (codenamed 'Seymour') is, as its name implies, a RSS and Atom aggregator. Create an account, copy-and-paste a feed from a site, and presto: updates from all your favourite sites in one place.

“As the code is released under an open-source license, we thought it would be nice to get ideas for a name from the people 'out there': what do you think a good name would be for an app like this? Can you help?"

The following 'naming conventions' apply:

  1. The name should refer to 'feed', 'read', 'aggregate' and/or related meanings.
  2. Please use the .me TLD (top level domain), unless you come up a great alternative.
  3. The name should be self-explanatory, meaningful and catchy.
  4. If possible the name should have 'verb potential'.
  5. The domain must be available.

The reward? Bragging rights and 'ensuing Internet immortality' as well as a mention in the credits to the winning name.

See the feed aggregator in action at http://feedme.thisarmy.com/ and read more about it at Techleader. The source code is available at https://launchpad.net/Seymour.

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