RSS Mixer’s Ten Minut.es September 8, 2008

What it is: A simple tool for combining RSS feeds into ‘mixes’ and sharing them.

Executive summary: Does the job well, despite a few time-outs. Fast and fuel efficient, and makes mashups easy. Well, simple mashups easy.

You don’t need to sign up to use it. Just add the URL of the site you want to grab a feed from (if it’s only got one feed, you probably don’t need to enter the RSS feed URL, just the site):

Add more feeds by clicking on the black + button:

Once you’re done, click on the Mix it button:

If you sign up (free and painless) you can do other things.

Download the Firefox extension and add feeds from their sites.

Click on the button and you’ll be taken to a page, giving you the option of starting a new mix, or adding to an existing one:

Alternatively, look through the lists of feeds other people have added, select one you like and click on the Add to a mix button:

Verdict: Simple and well-executed. I wasn’t crazy about the errors, or rather the fact that I didn’t know what to do about the errors, or whether they were being fixed. Instead I got an error message but one that said they were still waiting to be processed:

Still, it’s still in alpha and looking pretty useful. Great tool for journos.