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Posted by jdat on Jul-23-2008 00:48:

Rss Feed aggregator

anyone addicted to online blogs, newspapers etc?

I am really getting at a point where I need to organize my "reading" ... I follow something like 30+ websites from various fields like graphic design, art, technology, news etc

anyone know of a good online feed aggregator?

I would like to consider a software one but am ambivalent of coordination between the online/software version.

Bloglines seems pretty good I dunno..

Google reader apparently refreshes feeds hours late sometimes days and I can't have that happen.

Posted by Zewad on Jul-23-2008 01:05:

i know what the rss icon is... that orange box thing, but never knew what it meant... i have seen it on more and more sites now..

enlighten..

Posted by jdat on Jul-23-2008 01:12:

an rss feed is basically a feed you can add to your news reader whatever and so you are notified automatically when there are updates.

or to quote wiki:
quote:
RSS is a family of Web feed formats used to publish frequently updated content such as blog entries, news headlines, and podcasts in a standardized format.[2] An RSS document (which is called a "feed", "web feed"[3], or "channel") contains either a summary of content from an associated web site or the full text. RSS makes it possible for people to keep up with web sites in an automated manner that can be piped into special programs or filtered displays

once the feed is updated you can read it like here:

you get the idea.

Everything in one place instead of having to go to all the sites individually.

Posted by Zewad on Jul-23-2008 01:16:

like msnbc or ta... stuff that is updated regularly or cbssportsline or espn?

and no.. i dont really get the idea

Posted by jdat on Jul-23-2008 01:30:

quote:
Originally posted by Zewad
like msnbc or ta... stuff that is updated regularly or cbssportsline or espn?

and no.. i dont really get the idea

the feed itself is just a duplicate of the website content ( more or less ) and this feed is updated whenever there is new content.

When this feed is added to your news reading application, it updates at whatever frequency you want it to. Like every ten minutes it can check if there are any articles on your news feeds.

You can then read what's been added through the application directly all in one convenient place instead of having to go to every website individually to see if there's anything new.

Think of it like a http://news.google.com/ except that here it's you that specifics what news you want ( from the rss feeds ) and whenever there is something updated it's right there.

Posted by Trancealot on Jul-23-2008 01:32:

newsday.com (Long Island)
nypost (NYC)
Aol.com news (eveywhere else)

When I am really out of news to read TMZ crap.

Posted by verndogs on Jul-23-2008 01:49:

quote:
Originally posted by Zewad
like msnbc or ta... stuff that is updated regularly or cbssportsline or espn?

and no.. i dont really get the idea

instead of you going from website to website reading up the news, the rss feed aggregator compiles all the latest news updates for you to conveniently read in one place

Posted by Enjoy on Jul-23-2008 02:09:

Google Reader

Posted by jdat on Jul-23-2008 02:20:

quote:
Originally posted by Enjoy
Google Reader

that's what I went for ... more convenient because I run so much through google apps as it is .

I'm subscribed to 71 feeds so far and I ain't done