Tobi is working on parss, an rss aggregator application based on Helma. Parss features an XmlRpc interface that is open for any client software, and Antville will be the first application where the parss client will be integrated. This means that Antville will soon have seamlessly integrated rss feeds ("one click to post").

What fascinates me on parss is the concept: instead of every client fetching a feed periodically its just subscribing the feed in parss, the fetching/merging is done there. Which means network traffic for those offering rss feeds is greatly reduced. And there is much room for advanced features ...