Orange Crate Art

#RSS
The NetNewsWire perspective
The NetNewsWire perspective
Brent Simmons suggests fourteen things that users can do instead of giving him money, listed in no particular order. The first: “Write a blog instead of posting to Twitter or Facebook.”
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The NetNewsWire perspective
NetNewsWire
NetNewsWire
It’s fast, easy to figure out, and free. It has a long history, with a developer, Brent Simmons, who has a sense of cultural purpose and doesn’t even invite donations. Here is the app’s website.
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NetNewsWire
Feed changing
Feed changing
I’m switching from FeedBurner to the standard Blogger feed. (Too many lags.)
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Feed changing
For RSS
For RSS
Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube — did you notice which platforms Russian election-subverters ignored? Blogger, Typepad, WordPress, none of which can be used to put “content” (as it’s called) in front of a captive audience.
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For RSS
RSS!
RSS!
“Anyone weary of black-box algorithms controlling what you see online at least has a respite, one that’s been there all along but has often gone ignored.”
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RSS!
Feedly, ugh
Feedly, ugh
Eight months without deleting an account! Ugh.
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Feedly, ugh
Life Without Reader
Life Without Reader
“Life Without Reader is my suggestion for greater engagement with those whom one reads online. I’d like to see it catch on.”
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Life Without Reader
The Old Reader, about to disappear
The Old Reader, about to disappear
The Old Reader, one of the more appealing substitutes for Google Reader, is closing the doors to most users.
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The Old Reader, about to disappear
Marco Arment on RSS
Marco Arment on RSS
“RSS represents the antithesis of this new world: it’s completely open, decentralized, and owned by nobody, just like the web itself.”
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Marco Arment on RSS
Feedly v. Feedly
Feedly v. Feedly
“As I’m reminded every time I look at my posts, Feedly takes too many liberties with images. Images get relocated and resized, and when a post merely links to a YouTube clip, Feedly adds an image from that clip to its Magazine and Card Views.”
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Feedly v. Feedly
Feeding time
Feeding time
“If you are reading Orange Crate Art in Google Reader, you’d better choose a new reader before July 1, when Google shuts things down. Otherwise, we will be torn asunder posthaste.”
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Feeding time
Feedly it is
Feedly it is
Or ain’t. Not satisfactory, at least not now.
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Feedly it is