rss and alerts updates

In an earlier post I wrote about how I was dealing with the demise of Google reader.  I am still enjoying Newsblur and Zite.

There was a recent post on Doug Belshaw's blog called Seven places I find interesting, relevant and useful stuff in 2015. This is an excellent post to read, and it has given me a few more places to explore.  The main news ones I am using are Nuzzel as it prompts me about things which people I follow on Twitter highlight and Know about it.   

There are some alerts I can only receive by email, and that works well too.  There is overlap in the different streams, but it is not a problem.

a nice way of explaining rss

I was adding an rss feed to my aggregator (and will do a separate post about this), and was interested to see a link on the page for people who may not know what rss is. This was helpful, and even made me look (because I wanted to see where the link went).

RSS feeds

I was devastated when I heard that Google reader was shutting down. I signed up for some new services to experiment which one would be the happiest solution. One, the Old Reader initially accepted me joining, but then they stopped providing services to new members.  They were overwhelmed and it was understandable.  They look to be accepting new signings now, if you would like to try them.

Feedly, Newsblur, Pulse, Flipboard, and Zite were all tried.

I currently used a combination of Zite and Newsblur. I have concerns about the Zite/Flip amalgamation.

I pay $2 per month for Newsblur, and it it worth it. I like the mobile and desktop version. It is easy to add new feeds, and delete ones I am no longer interested in.  In mostly delete all stories over a day old, to keep what I look at more manageable as I don't always look at it every day.

There is overlap with Zite, but I enjoy the different styles.  I really like Feedly too.  These are not my only sources of sources, of news, but they make a substantial contribution.