Comments on: How to use RSS to keep up with your favorite Knoxville blogs http://knoxify.com/using-rss-to-keep-up-with-your-favorite-knoxville-blogs/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:00:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: brarvock http://knoxify.com/using-rss-to-keep-up-with-your-favorite-knoxville-blogs/#comment-1744 brarvock Sun, 03 Aug 2008 01:47:37 +0000 http://knoxify.com/?p=342#comment-1744 I agreed with you I agreed with you

]]> By: What we can't say enough: Thank you - Knoxify http://knoxify.com/using-rss-to-keep-up-with-your-favorite-knoxville-blogs/#comment-1626 What we can't say enough: Thank you - Knoxify Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:34:45 +0000 http://knoxify.com/?p=342#comment-1626 [...] case you forgot what RSS means, read this. Tags: Knoxify News, [...] […] case you forgot what RSS means, read this. Tags: Knoxify News, […]

]]> By: Charley Sexton http://knoxify.com/using-rss-to-keep-up-with-your-favorite-knoxville-blogs/#comment-1570 Charley Sexton Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:12:09 +0000 http://knoxify.com/?p=342#comment-1570 Hi. I'm a Mac.... I collect my RSS feeds in Apple's browser, Safari. It's the best. I'm just saying... Hi. I’m a Mac….

I collect my RSS feeds in Apple’s browser, Safari. It’s the best. I’m just saying…

]]> By: Gavin Baker http://knoxify.com/using-rss-to-keep-up-with-your-favorite-knoxville-blogs/#comment-1488 Gavin Baker Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:10:00 +0000 http://knoxify.com/?p=342#comment-1488 late to the fray, but I used to use bloglines and my major frustration was that as my feeds built up like @victor I'd click a feed and have to read all of them. I then switched to NetNewsWire, which I like because I can read individual posts, and then I switched to snackr which is like a stock ticker. At this point, I don't have the time in my day to keep up with the feeds I like, so I just don't. But rss is great to keep track of lots of feeds. I just ended up with information overload. late to the fray, but I used to use bloglines and my major frustration was that as my feeds built up like @victor I’d click a feed and have to read all of them. I then switched to NetNewsWire, which I like because I can read individual posts, and then I switched to snackr which is like a stock ticker. At this point, I don’t have the time in my day to keep up with the feeds I like, so I just don’t. But rss is great to keep track of lots of feeds. I just ended up with information overload.

]]> By: Timmy http://knoxify.com/using-rss-to-keep-up-with-your-favorite-knoxville-blogs/#comment-1452 Timmy Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:07:18 +0000 http://knoxify.com/?p=342#comment-1452 I prefer reading my feeds in Mozilla Thunderbird. I also keep them in My Yahoo!. I prefer reading my feeds in Mozilla Thunderbird. I also keep them in My Yahoo!.

]]> By: Casey Peters http://knoxify.com/using-rss-to-keep-up-with-your-favorite-knoxville-blogs/#comment-1444 Casey Peters Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:10:58 +0000 http://knoxify.com/?p=342#comment-1444 @Victor - I have found myself frustrated by Google Reader as well. But I have to take the blame for that one for adding too many feeds. Another site I've found helpful that organizes feeds into buckets is http://feedhole.com. With that site, I have my feeds organized out by WordPress, Web Design, Journalism, etc. in which I scan only the headlines. If something catches my eye I open it up. Feed Hole also lets you move feeds around so you can put the ones most important to you at the top. @Victor - I have found myself frustrated by Google Reader as well. But I have to take the blame for that one for adding too many feeds.

Another site I’ve found helpful that organizes feeds into buckets is http://feedhole.com. With that site, I have my feeds organized out by WordPress, Web Design, Journalism, etc. in which I scan only the headlines. If something catches my eye I open it up.

Feed Hole also lets you move feeds around so you can put the ones most important to you at the top.

]]> By: Victor Agreda Jr http://knoxify.com/using-rss-to-keep-up-with-your-favorite-knoxville-blogs/#comment-1443 Victor Agreda Jr Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:02:23 +0000 http://knoxify.com/?p=342#comment-1443 My dirty little secret: I rarely fire up NetNewsWire (my reader of choice) any more. Once in a while, when standing in line at the bank or something I'll check out Google reader on my BlackBerry. But I've gone away from the deluge of data that became my feeds. Opening an app and seeing thousands of unread posts = frustration. So now I have a set of bookmarks I use for daily, weekly and monthly readings. I see the full page in context and once in a while an ad catches my eye. I'm not against RSS, I just found that for my own sanity I had to dial back. Too much of a good thing! My dirty little secret: I rarely fire up NetNewsWire (my reader of choice) any more. Once in a while, when standing in line at the bank or something I’ll check out Google reader on my BlackBerry.

But I’ve gone away from the deluge of data that became my feeds. Opening an app and seeing thousands of unread posts = frustration. So now I have a set of bookmarks I use for daily, weekly and monthly readings. I see the full page in context and once in a while an ad catches my eye.

I’m not against RSS, I just found that for my own sanity I had to dial back. Too much of a good thing!

]]> By: Doug McCaughan http://knoxify.com/using-rss-to-keep-up-with-your-favorite-knoxville-blogs/#comment-1436 Doug McCaughan Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:03:58 +0000 http://knoxify.com/?p=342#comment-1436 I personally use http://sharpreader.net/ which is a client that is installed on a local machine. The disadvantage is your feeds are bound to that one machine. The advantage is that I get a popup notification the instant that a feed is updated (well, at the interval I have the reader set to..some feeds every hour..some every 15 minutes..others daily etc). One of the nice things about using a feed reader, be is SharpReader, Google Reader, bloglines etc is that if an old post gets updated, the feed reader lets you know. Many blogs also publish their comments in an RSS feed. So rather than relying on Cocomments or just coming back to a post and refreshing it, your feed reader will alert you to new comments. Reality Me's feed is http://realityme.net/feed/ and the comments are http://realityme.net/comments/feed/ These are currently burned through Feedburner so the url will change but I am considering doing away with Feedburner because at my level of traffic, it serves very little purpose. Common Craft has an excellent video on RSS which you might consider embedding in your post. http://www.commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english Nice work! I personally use http://sharpreader.net/ which is a client that is installed on a local machine. The disadvantage is your feeds are bound to that one machine. The advantage is that I get a popup notification the instant that a feed is updated (well, at the interval I have the reader set to..some feeds every hour..some every 15 minutes..others daily etc).

One of the nice things about using a feed reader, be is SharpReader, Google Reader, bloglines etc is that if an old post gets updated, the feed reader lets you know. Many blogs also publish their comments in an RSS feed. So rather than relying on Cocomments or just coming back to a post and refreshing it, your feed reader will alert you to new comments.

Reality Me’s feed is http://realityme.net/feed/ and the comments are http://realityme.net/comments/feed/ These are currently burned through Feedburner so the url will change but I am considering doing away with Feedburner because at my level of traffic, it serves very little purpose.

Common Craft has an excellent video on RSS which you might consider embedding in your post. http://www.commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english Nice work!

]]> By: Michael Wender http://knoxify.com/using-rss-to-keep-up-with-your-favorite-knoxville-blogs/#comment-1435 Michael Wender Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:55:34 +0000 http://knoxify.com/?p=342#comment-1435 @Michael Silence - I've had experience with both; however, when I was first getting acquainted with RSS, I remember finding Google Reader to be much more intuitive. I created an account at Bloglines first and promptly forgot about it. Then once I had more knowledge about RSS, I found Google Reader and was able to quickly take advantage of its features. Sidenote: Many have written before about the challenges of educating non-technical audiences about RSS. Recently, I've heard a couple of my non-techie friends learning about RSS via some of the default settings in the latest version of MS Outlook (I hear it comes with some feeds already subscribed). In addition, lately I have pointed people to this video explanation: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0klgLsSxGsU" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0klgLsSxGsU</a> @Michael Silence - I’ve had experience with both; however, when I was first getting acquainted with RSS, I remember finding Google Reader to be much more intuitive. I created an account at Bloglines first and promptly forgot about it. Then once I had more knowledge about RSS, I found Google Reader and was able to quickly take advantage of its features.

Sidenote: Many have written before about the challenges of educating non-technical audiences about RSS. Recently, I’ve heard a couple of my non-techie friends learning about RSS via some of the default settings in the latest version of MS Outlook (I hear it comes with some feeds already subscribed). In addition, lately I have pointed people to this video explanation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0klgLsSxGsU

]]> By: BCKnoxify http://knoxify.com/using-rss-to-keep-up-with-your-favorite-knoxville-blogs/#comment-1434 BCKnoxify Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:45:26 +0000 http://knoxify.com/?p=342#comment-1434 Google is what I started to use. I had to get off the couch and do something, or someone might write a post about how I was a poser who didn't use an RSS feed. Google is what I started to use. I had to get off the couch and do something, or someone might write a post about how I was a poser who didn’t use an RSS feed.

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