Tip of the Week: News aggregators are your friend
If you are reading this, you probably have a long list of blogs you check regularly. It can take a lot of time to visit all your faves. When I found myself spending more than 30 minutes a day checking blogs, I decided it was time to get help. That’s when I made a new friend: the news aggregator.
A news aggregator is a software program that allows you to subscribe to your favorite blogs (using their XML or RSS feeds), check for new entries, and browse through recent content from within the aggregator. It saves so much time and is especially great for keeping track of blogs (like mine) where the posting is on an occasional schedule. I use NetNewsWire — an amazing aggregator for Mac users. For the rest of you I have heard that SharpReader, AmphetaDesk, and NewsGator are good (but I have never used them).
Here are a few blogs that I subscribe to:
The Tyee
CBC
Guardian Unlimited
Grist
Gift Hub
Nonprofit Online News
The Artful Manager
Dooce
Go Fug Yourself
Gizmodo
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