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[...] 17, 2008 · No Comments As I’ve mused in the past, I don’t think the paper newspaper translates very well into the online space. With the [...]

By: Paul Downey

Paul Downey — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:39:27 +0000

Oh, and you should try some UK newspapers like The Guardian, The Observer, The Independent. They’re shadows of their former selves, but a long way ahead of the Washington Post. I guess the risk of an automated feed like Google news is you can easily build USA Today, or inhabit a Techcrunch echo chamber, but it’s ensuring you reliably encounter relevant interesting stuff outside of your experience that’s harder.

By: Paul Downey

Paul Downey — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:35:21 +0000

I’ve thought about this quite a bit, and wanted to work with a friend on an electronic presonallisd newspaper based on news feeds and attention rules, but it’s not easy to tell if an item is a snippet or the full item, for that reason alone is why we should fight RSS 2.0 and get the world to move to Atom. One thing is for sure, I wouldn’t bother targeting the sucky, sucky Kindle.

By: Tim McGhee

Tim McGhee — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:47:43 +0000

I get most news either from just breaking news emails forwarded to my BlackBerry from email, or from pipes to narrow down the overloaded feeds from local news sites. It’s plenty. Twitter is becoming handy for news, too.

Tim
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By: Kyle Hansen

Kyle Hansen — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 17:29:02 +0000

I am a news geek and subscribe to RSS feeds from a ton of news sources, but I agree that the volume can be overwhelming. Some newspapers are better than others. Like Ross, said Slate’s today’s papers feed is good for a quick overview. The Post also has a feed called “Today’s Highlights” that is only the most important items for the day, usually less than ten stories a day.

By: ross

ross — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 17:09:50 +0000

It’s kind of cheating, but I’ve been reading Slate’s “Today’s Papers” on and off for what has to be almost 10 years. It’s a daily summary of what’s making the front pages at the major dailies.

By: Matthew Martin

Matthew Martin — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:54:08 +0000

I read the most emailed, most book marked, and then I subscribe to article searches if I get really excited about a news item. Likewise I don’t do RSS feeds to newspapers because I can’t handle the volume they can put out. The only physical paper I read is the express because it is about the right amount of text for a train ride.

By: jeff

jeff — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 05:04:11 +0000

I think i am in the same boat as you. I get my tech feeds and handle those pretty well but also want to keep up with news outside of tech and from around the world. seems like most news feeds throw out so much in content that like you said you kinda get lost.

For me I am trying to get google reader configured or working on my tagging of feeds to try and do the best I can to feed my information habit

(jeff)isageek