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July 11th, 2007

5 Favorite News Readers: 5 - FeedDemon

The fifth and final news reader to be included in this series of 5 favorite readers, FeedDemon, is no newcomer to the scene and has some great features.
Each of the other readers in the series - NewsGator Online, BlogBridge Desktop, Bloglines, Google Reader - is free. For FeedDemon there is a modest charge of […]

By Des Walsh -- 1 comment

July 2nd, 2007

5 Favorite News Readers: 4 - Google Reader

Google Reader is definitely easy to use, just like Gmail, which is another Google product I use a lot (yes, as well as that search one).
And while I know that with each of Gmail and Google Reader, there is a very rational system used for organising and displaying the information, I don’t find it as […]

By Des Walsh -- 3 comments

June 30th, 2007

5 Favorite News Readers: 3 - Bloglines

The Bloglines feed reader used to be my reader of choice.
I haven’t been using Bloglines for a while now, since discovering the two readers reviewed so far in this series, NewsGator Online and BlogBridge. I don’t recall actually doing a detailed comparison, but one disincentive for not continuing to use Bloglines was that for […]

By Des Walsh -- 3 comments

June 30th, 2007

5 Favorite News Readers: 2 - BlogBridge

BlogBridge offers itself as more than a feed aggregator, styling itself as “the ultimate info-junkie system”.
BlogBridge project leader Pito Salas and his team describe themselves as “a bunch of entrepreneurs / enthusiasts who enjoy living at the edge of technology and social behavior.”
Unlike some other popular feed readers, such as NewsGator Online which was reviewed […]

By Des Walsh -- 1 comment

April 25th, 2007

Really Simple Explanation of RSS, with Pictures

Lee LeFever has provided a very neat explanation of RSS, with pictures, in his Video: RSS in Plain English.
Elegant and entertaining.
He gives some examples of readers. I would be adding BlogBridge.
This video link is one to send to your friend or family member who could benefit from RSS, especially if his or her eyes glazed […]

By Des Walsh -- 1 comment

April 23rd, 2007

Why “More” Can be Less in a WordPress Feed

From time to time I notice in one of my RSS feed readers a post or two on the general topic of full feeds vs. excerpts. It’s been on my list of Things I Must Get Around to Understanding Better.
Some bloggers like to syndicate only a partial feed, or excerpt, not the whole article or […]

By Des Walsh -- 12 comments

April 21st, 2007

Call for a Blogger Who Knows Feed

RSS, webfeeds, syndication - very important concepts to understand for maximizing the reach and effectiveness of any blog.
So it’s good that in the Technology channel on our b5media network we have a blog dedicated to helping the rest of us understand what’s what in the world of feed - see A Feed is Born.
One slight […]

By Des Walsh -- 0 comments

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