Free Post apple Engaged reading digest: Outrage, redesigns, laptops and RSS Apple redesigns its MacBook Pros, The Atlantic just redesigns, we study social media outrage, and celebrate RSS
Free Post Atom RSS - the forgotten productivity tool that still works David Yates: “Damn. If only there was some system which allowed you to follow updates to blogs and websites you care about in a manner that ensured you never missed
Free Post digital diet And…breathe Well, that was a lovely way to spend a long, long weekend. Yes, we went camping with a three year old and a three month old and, while it did
Free Post Apple News Apple News: I'm in… Well, looks like you’ll be able to read my fine words in Apple’s News app come the launch of iOS9 later this year. And if you’re in
Free Post feeds The internet's breaking (Yahoo) Pipes The news that Yahoo is killing Yahoo Pipes has been met with more than a little mockery: NOOOOO, NOT YAHOO PIPES! — Marco Arment (@marcoarment) June 4, 2015 (At least I assume it’s mockery. It’s hard to tell sometimes.) It’s easy to
Free Post blogging 15 million die-hard RSS aficionados Martin Belam: And despite the die-hard afficianados, RSS is no longer a key content distribution channel. Of course, with some amusement, I read this in my RSS reader of choice. He’s right in that RSS never became a mainstream means of consumption (indeed,
Free Post business models Feedly goes pro Encouraging news this morning. Feedly – my RSS reader of choice in this post-Google Reader age – has launched a Pro plan. Well, semi-launched one, anyway. Pro accounts will be $5 per month from the autumn, but 5,000 people can buy lifetime Feedly pro membership
Free Post feed readers That's all she read: Google Reader RIP Google Reader last night: Google Reader this morning: You know, I thought I’d mourn, but I’m actually enjoying the revived ecosystem of apps and RSS Readers. It makes me wonder what other innovation is being stifled by Google’s dominant position.
Free Post blogging Rekindling the RSS fire? A quick addendum to last night’s post – a quick cut of the analytics data from my blog shows Feedly and the Old Reader emerging as growing referrers over the last couple of weeks. I am really enjoying seeing the range of readers emerge
Free Post admin Remember: Google Reader dies in 48 hours… If you’re reading this post in Google Reader – or an app that syncs with Google Reader – the you have around 48 hours to find a replacement. Google Reader dies on Monday. I’ve just written a post for NEXT Berlin outlining some options
Free Post feed readers My Google Reader replacement: Feedly I was on a bus in London on Friday, on my way to a meeting at City University, when I saw this tweet from my co-visitor there, Paul Bradshaw: Still haven’t settled on an RSS reader to replace #googlereader – Netvibes doesn’t seem
Free Post feed readers Twitter can't replace RSS Laura Hazard Owen, writing for Paid Content, identifies why the “social media has killed RSS” idea doesn’t apply to many of us: The best thing about Google Reader, from my point of view, is that it allows me to scan a lot of
Free Post feed readers RIP Google Reader - you were too niche for Google's love Sometimes, checking your news reader before you hit the sack is an error. Last night was one such night – because I flipped through articles to find that Google is killing off Google Reader. For many of you, this will mean little or nothing. But
Free Post Atom PubSubHubub: fat pings for publishers Here’s an issue many people aren’t aware of: Does Google Reader really only poll feeds once an hour? bit.ly/RSU9Ia Bit of a fail for use on a news desk if so #journalism — John Thompson (@johncthompson) November 12, 2012 He’s
Free Post feeds Building my own iPad magazine every morning In 2001, when I first became aware of blogging and RSS feeds, I used to speculate about magazines of the future, built of feeds which allowed you to select the reporters, reviewers and commenters that mattered to you. In recent years, I’ve used
