feed readers
The quiet renaissance of RSS Feeds
After a quiet decade, we’re finally seeing some innovation in the RSS space, and the old school blogger in me is delighted.
Atom
RSS - the forgotten productivity tool that still works
David Yates [https://davidyat.es/2017/05/18/rss-nothing-better/]: > “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 an update, could find new updates at a glance, and didn’t
aggregation
A first look at Apple News
It’s interesting to note that it has a “For You” option, just like [Apple Music](http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2015/07/apple-music-curation-discovery-algorithems.html). That suggests we’ll see the same mix of algorithmic and human curation in the app.
criminals
Feedly criminally DDoSed in extortion scheme
RSS reader service Feedly has been down for most of the day [http://blog.feedly.com/2014/06/11/denial-of-service-attack/]: > 2:04am PST – Criminals are attacking feedly with a distributed denial of service attack (DDoS). The attacker is trying to extort us money to make it stop. We refused
business models
Feedly goes pro
[https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2013/08/feedly-Pro.png] Encouraging news this morning. Feedly – my RSS reader of choice in this post-Google Reader age – has launched a Pro plan [http://thenextweb.com/apps/2013/08/05/feedly-launches-5-per-month-pro-membership-to-provide-enhanced-security-search-and-more/] . Well, semi-launched one, anyway. Pro accounts will be $5
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.
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 [http://cloud.feedly.com/] and the Old Reader [http://theoldreader.com] emerging as growing referrers over the last couple of weeks. I am really enjoying seeing the range of readers
admin
Remember: Google Reader dies in 48 hours…
[https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2013/06/RSS-Fountain.jpg] 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
feed readers
My Google Reader replacement: Feedly
Looking for something to replace Google Reader
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 [http://paidcontent.org/2013/03/14/google-reader-please-dont-go-i-need-you-to-do-my-job/] to many of us: > The best thing about Google Reader, from my point of view, is that it allows me to scan a
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 [http://googlereader.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/powering-down-google-reader.html]. For many of you, this will mean little