- I suggest using Newsgator, it's my favorite and I think that anyone who really can use RSS will use RSS quickly and will want a fully functional feed reader. Some time ago I set up a demonstration account at Newsgator.com that you can log into if you've never seen it before. User name is marshalldemo and password is welcome.
- One downside to Newsgator is that it doesn't come with an autodiscover, one-click button you can put on your browser to subscribe to feeds. You can find one, though, at blummy.com - a great little service I always recommend.
- I also recommend checking out a couple of tools that enable you to get faster updates from the most important feeds you are interested in: immedi.at and zaptxt.com
- I've also got a long introduction to how I typically teach people to read feeds over on my personal blog, as well as a simple demonstration of how you can combine search, rss and rss-to-HTML to create an automated newswire on your site - in this case news about surveys concerning today's pro-immigration strike and boycot.
Today is RSS appreciation day
Per Steve Rubel at Micropersuasion, today has been
taken up as RSS appreciation day. Rubel puts together three steps to get started reading feeds. My take
on it will be a bit different:
Reader Comments
(Page 1)2. http://www.inclue.com/client/2144?feed=http://socialsoftware.weblogsinc.com/rss.xml
woops...here you go :)
make your own reader at http://www.inclue.com/friends/step1/
5 minutes up to 6 feeds to share on your site. all free.
Posted at 6:54PM on May 1st 2006 by nick gogerty
3. http://www.inclue.com/client/2144?feed=http://socialsoftware.weblogsinc.com/rss.xml
woops...here you go :)
make your own reader at http://www.inclue.com/friends/step1/
5 minutes up to 6 feeds to share on your site. all free.
Posted at 6:54PM on May 1st 2006 by nick gogerty
5. Lordtime, I've tried NewsAlloy, the company you link to, and I prefered Newsgator still. I think it's fantastic. It's been awhile though, so I'm sure NewsAlloy is worth another look. I also looked at FeedLounge today, but the mouse/keyboard interaction didn't work for me.
Posted at 11:26PM on May 1st 2006 by Marshall Kirkpatrick
6. thanks :),
i just want to say - when saying rss - newsgator, newsalloy or feedlounge must not be a synonym :) i know we are behind some monstaz but this is just a question of taste of users and magic/skills/desire/money/etc... of authors :)
Posted at 12:26AM on May 2nd 2006 by lordtime
7. I think RSS has traveled to the phone as well. So, I had to provide you with a phone based reader. Try LinknSurf (www.linknsurf.com), it's a really neat little app that lets you effortlessly subsribe to blogs, share them and communicate with friends.
However, I'm not going to just advertize my own company. You can also try litefeeds (www.litefeeds.com)
8. oops...here you go, http://www.linknsurf.com and http://www.litefeeds.com
1. http://socialsoftware.weblogsinc.com/2006/05/01/today-is-rss-appreciation-day/#comments
happy RSS appreciation day. A link to help you create new subscribers with a great one button reader for Outlook for free.
Posted at 6:53PM on May 1st 2006 by nick gogerty