The River of Time(s)

The New York Times has graciously allowed Dave Winer to innovate with their content.  The result is http://nytimesriver.com, an alternative presentation which is halfway toward a branded reader.  I like the outline view especially, since it dynamically sorts out topics, in a way that subscribing to fixed tags or categories in an RSS reader wouldn't.  Judging from the traffic, it will be a bit before we see ads here, but I'm impressed it registers since it's so new!  I think the bigger point is the happy result of this open-minded partnership.