Comments on: Thou shalt use RSS http://freepressblog.org/2007/05/17/thou-shalt-use-rss/ A few thoughts and other random stuff I found interesting. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:29:31 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: JB http://freepressblog.org/2007/05/17/thou-shalt-use-rss/comment-page-1/#comment-9611 JB Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:42:58 +0000 http://freepressblog.org/blog/2007/05/17/thou-shalt-use-rss/#comment-9611 That was really cool. That was really cool.

]]> By: nstryker http://freepressblog.org/2007/05/17/thou-shalt-use-rss/comment-page-1/#comment-9607 nstryker Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:43:20 +0000 http://freepressblog.org/blog/2007/05/17/thou-shalt-use-rss/#comment-9607 http://www.commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english http://www.commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english

]]> By: Nick http://freepressblog.org/2007/05/17/thou-shalt-use-rss/comment-page-1/#comment-5990 Nick Mon, 21 May 2007 01:17:56 +0000 http://freepressblog.org/blog/2007/05/17/thou-shalt-use-rss/#comment-5990 About a year ago I tried using Sage, and I hated it, so I decided that RSS readers were not my thing. I got used to opening the blogs that I read in tabs and quickly going through to check if there were any new posts or new comments. I can usually remember how many comments each post had the last time I read the blog, which saves me from checking the comments of each post to see if there is anything new. After this post I decided to try Google Reader and I really like it. One thing I like is being able to know if anyone comments on an older post, which I usually wouldn't be keeping track of. About a year ago I tried using Sage, and I hated it, so I decided that RSS readers were not my thing. I got used to opening the blogs that I read in tabs and quickly going through to check if there were any new posts or new comments. I can usually remember how many comments each post had the last time I read the blog, which saves me from checking the comments of each post to see if there is anything new. After this post I decided to try Google Reader and I really like it.

One thing I like is being able to know if anyone comments on an older post, which I usually wouldn’t be keeping track of.

]]> By: JB http://freepressblog.org/2007/05/17/thou-shalt-use-rss/comment-page-1/#comment-5991 JB Fri, 18 May 2007 22:58:05 +0000 http://freepressblog.org/blog/2007/05/17/thou-shalt-use-rss/#comment-5991 Dan: Sorry about that; it wasn't Akismet; your IP was somehow in one of the blacklists. Nathan: Yes, it's quite a bit better now than it was at first; I wouldn't use the first release when it came out either. Now, if you'd like you could see everything you subscribe to on one big list and scroll through it on one page, although if you subscribe to a number of different sources, it's more practical to tag them and then go to the page that groups all posts from feeds with that tag (as Dan mentioned) sorted by date (ascending or descending). It's especially useful for comments; I can't even imagine keeping up on a conversation going on in the comments under a post without RSS. That's probably why I don't tend to participate as much as I'd like to in conversations hosted in blogs that run on Blogger (for example) as opposed to WordPress, because WP has comment feeds. Dan: Sorry about that; it wasn’t Akismet; your IP was somehow in one of the blacklists.

Nathan: Yes, it’s quite a bit better now than it was at first; I wouldn’t use the first release when it came out either. Now, if you’d like you could see everything you subscribe to on one big list and scroll through it on one page, although if you subscribe to a number of different sources, it’s more practical to tag them and then go to the page that groups all posts from feeds with that tag (as Dan mentioned) sorted by date (ascending or descending).

It’s especially useful for comments; I can’t even imagine keeping up on a conversation going on in the comments under a post without RSS. That’s probably why I don’t tend to participate as much as I’d like to in conversations hosted in blogs that run on Blogger (for example) as opposed to WordPress, because WP has comment feeds.

]]> By: nstryker http://freepressblog.org/2007/05/17/thou-shalt-use-rss/comment-page-1/#comment-5993 nstryker Fri, 18 May 2007 22:16:01 +0000 http://freepressblog.org/blog/2007/05/17/thou-shalt-use-rss/#comment-5993 when google reader first came out, you had to click a feed to see its content, rather than mixing sources and organizing everything by date. if each entry is thrown into a single page, sorted by date, i'll give it a shot. when google reader first came out, you had to click a feed to see its content, rather than mixing sources and organizing everything by date. if each entry is thrown into a single page, sorted by date, i’ll give it a shot.

]]> By: Dan http://freepressblog.org/2007/05/17/thou-shalt-use-rss/comment-page-1/#comment-5992 Dan Fri, 18 May 2007 21:35:55 +0000 http://freepressblog.org/blog/2007/05/17/thou-shalt-use-rss/#comment-5992 Your akismet settings are borking my comments. Your akismet settings are borking my comments.

]]> By: Dan http://freepressblog.org/2007/05/17/thou-shalt-use-rss/comment-page-1/#comment-5994 Dan Fri, 18 May 2007 21:33:53 +0000 http://freepressblog.org/blog/2007/05/17/thou-shalt-use-rss/#comment-5994 Nathan: GR supports key commands so it's just one and a few spacebars. And if you just use GR for your friends it should save you a ton of time because you'd only have one label. You could also create a site from your labels similar to my GR "shared" blog which you could subscribe to :) <a href="http://www.google.com/reader/shared/user/17910337670127747913/label/friends ">Friends site</a> <a href="http://www.google.com/reader/shared/user/17910337670127747913/state/com.google/broadcast" rel="nofollow">Shared Site</a> Nathan: GR supports key commands so it’s just one and a few spacebars. And if you just use GR for your friends it should save you a ton of time because you’d only have one label. You could also create a site from your labels similar to my GR “shared” blog which you could subscribe to :)

Friends site
Shared Site

]]> By: JB http://freepressblog.org/2007/05/17/thou-shalt-use-rss/comment-page-1/#comment-5995 JB Fri, 18 May 2007 19:55:28 +0000 http://freepressblog.org/blog/2007/05/17/thou-shalt-use-rss/#comment-5995 Odd; I do remember the tabbed browsing discussion, but I don't remember any mention aof being able to open one page/tab and see all content from all the sites you want to check without any additional clicks (which is what I do with Google Reader). How do you accomplish reading all those blogs in fewer than one click? Odd; I do remember the tabbed browsing discussion, but I don’t remember any mention aof being able to open one page/tab and see all content from all the sites you want to check without any additional clicks (which is what I do with Google Reader). How do you accomplish reading all those blogs in fewer than one click?

]]> By: nstryker http://freepressblog.org/2007/05/17/thou-shalt-use-rss/comment-page-1/#comment-5996 nstryker Fri, 18 May 2007 15:02:23 +0000 http://freepressblog.org/blog/2007/05/17/thou-shalt-use-rss/#comment-5996 i don't use rss because i still having found a reader that actually saves me clicks. see our previous discussions on tabbed browsing. i don’t use rss because i still having found a reader that actually saves me clicks. see our previous discussions on tabbed browsing.

]]> By: Dan http://freepressblog.org/2007/05/17/thou-shalt-use-rss/comment-page-1/#comment-5997 Dan Fri, 18 May 2007 00:24:22 +0000 http://freepressblog.org/blog/2007/05/17/thou-shalt-use-rss/#comment-5997 Yes, we should all use RSS so we can still see censored images. :) Yes, we should all use RSS so we can still see censored images. :)

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