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Fine-tune Your RSS Subscriptions (2)
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According to a survey in 2005, only 12% of internet users know what RSS feeds are. Despite these low numbers, most of the netizens I know seem to be active subscribers. While RSS feeds give us the latest news, blog posts, and site updates through a single interface, it’s not farfetched to think that they can also be a major time suck. If you notice that this is happening, that you’re spending more time on ...Shared by Arvid (21) Laura Solomon (2)Contribute comment -
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An RSS feed is similar to an email subscription but instead of being delivered to your email address it goes to a reader such as Google . Commoncraft have made a good explanation which you can view belowTeaching All blog also has a simple guide on how to subscribe View my blog in full at http://studentswi...Shared by Patrick Black (0)Contribute comment -
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Switching from Google Reader to another RSS reader was no easy task. Google Reader provides a very good feed reading experience that is hard to top. The major problem I was facing with Google Reader was not really related to that RSS reader alone but more to the way the account data was handled by Google. I usually fired up Google Reader and kept it open all the time to read new RSS feeds. The ...Contribute comment -
没有RSS Feed的网站,我们该怎么办? (6)
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虽然RSS(什么是RSS)已经随着Web2.0被普及接受,但是仍然有很多网站没有提供RSS Feed输出。那么没有RSS Feed的网站,我们该怎么办? 下面,麦田蚂蚁就总结几种订阅或者跟踪没有RSS Feed的网站的方法。 第三方RSS Feed 创建服务: 1. Ponyfish Ponyfish的使用非常简单,而且效果很好。用户只需输入需要生成RSS Feed的网址,然后在打开的页面框中点击想要RSS Feed包括的链接(至少两个),Ponyfish即可根据你的点击分析网页特征并最终形成Feed输出。 2. Feedity 使用Feedity可以为任意网页创建RSS Feed,也可以合并多个RSS Feeds。Feedity在网址输入框下面的下拉列表中包括了几个示例可供查看。 其原理有点类似文章采集,需要网友从页面源代码中找出需要跟踪内容的起始和结束代码,将它们添加到“Start Block”(开始锁定)和“End Block”(结束锁定)中。查看详细教程 3. Feed43 Feed43也是一款RSS Feed创建服务,其原理与Feedity差不多,但是设置更加复杂和精确一些,需要用户懂一些基本的网页代码知识。查看详细教程 4. Dapper 我们可以把不支持RSS Feed的网页通过Dapp Factory来定制成包含指定信息的Feed(可以选择对应内容范围来设定标题,内容和日期,这个功能我相当喜欢)或者是XML格式文件,甚至是重新编排发布成HTML网页,或者是把Flickr中搜索到的图片制做成Image Loop,再或者把学校公布的课题安排选择出来后制做成iCalendar的日历,把一个网页的数据制做输出成CSV等等,包含多达13种输出类型。查看详细教程 5. FeedBeater 输入任意网站网址,点击“Beat it!”即可生成RSS订阅地址,再点击“Add”选择阅读器完成订阅。 6. FeedFire 网站需要注册才能使用。 网页跟踪监测服务: 7. ChangeDetection 用户只需填写需要跟踪监视的网页网址以及接受提醒的Email地址即可。当ChangeDetection监测到填写网页有所变动的时候就会发邮件提醒你了。 个人首页服务: 8. Alefo 麦田蚂蚁之前介绍过Alefo,是一款类似Netvibes和iGoogle的个人首页服务,不过其最大的特点在于允许用户将任意网站的任意部分通过网页快照截屏的方式添加进来,其截屏是可以随着网站更新动态显示的。查看详细介绍 就先介绍这么多吧。如果你知道有其他类似服务可以留言回复告诉我,如果你觉得本文不错,欢迎订阅麦田蚂蚁的RSS Feed。 相关文章 Tabbloid:聚合多个RSS Feeds并转换为PDF Wowzio:通过RSS创建文章聚合式的Blog Widget Mloovi:提供24种语言的RSS翻译服务 FeedMySearch:搜索引擎与RSS订阅的完美结合 经典RSS相关服务集合 收藏&分享本文!Shared by 尘世客 (1) 绯村剑心 (10) f0gh0rn (0) lhb (4) ThenWang (3) zeaz (2)Contribute comment -
8个如何减轻博客负担的方法(译文) (3)
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对任何一个把写博客或者自由创作当回事的人来讲,写博客或者自由创作其实并不像游戏那样好玩。关于如何处理大量邮件、消化聊天信息以及避免两秒钟的要求拖到至少5分钟才解决等这些问题,Lorelle Van Fossen 作了很好的说明。 我的个人经历 Lorelle 讲述了她是如何处理日常工作的,在这里我也讲讲我是如何处理日常工作的。 每天睡醒之后,我先是检查收件箱,并决定哪些邮件是需要立刻处理的。收到的邮件中,有些是 WordPress 相关邮件发送清单,有些是待审核的评论或者新评论通知。当把收件箱清空了之后,我登陆 Twitter 并查看看是否有人给我回信。处理完 Twitter 上的信息之后,我会打开 RSS 浏览器,看看有没有哪些话题是值得去写的。 写完一两篇文章之后,我会浏览自己注册的几个论坛,要么回复收到的信息,要么检查所有新的文章。在浏览论坛的同时,我会看看自己制作的每个播客的字幕,看看是否能够提前处理一些事情。完了之后,我会发邮件给 BloggerTalks.com 的一些相关人士并安排采访。我可以继续这样做下去,但问题是,做一个博客或者自由作家并不单单是写文章,而且还有其他相关事情要做。除此之外,老板通常会希望你能处理好工作的其他方面,尽管你可能没有时间。 下面是一些如何减轻博客负担的方法: 优先考虑 把您所做的事情看成是工作的一部分并且优先处理。对那些需要优先处理的工作要特别关注。 把次要的工作外包 与其所有的事都自己做,不妨考虑请一个助理帮您安排会议、处理邮件、制定日程,等等,这样您就可以集中精力处理那些重要的事情。对 Timothy Ferris 一个礼拜工作四个小时的外包建议,您是怎么看的? (精博注:John Chow 在技术方面和我差不多,也不会设计主题,所以他把博客所有设计都外包给UBD。) 为您的时间收费 当您面对的是朋友或者同事的时候,这个有点难以实现。但是,为您的时间收费不仅有利于过滤那些两秒钟的问题,而且可以依靠个人在某个领域的权威增加收入来源。 (精博注:如果您的时间有那么值钱,那么您应该不是靠博客谋生的。UBD 是搞主题设计的,一个小时的咨询费大概是100块美金。) 计划你的生活 计划创造奇迹,因为计划可以把乱七八糟的事情分解成一个个容易实现的目标。在这个没有规律没有理由的网络世界,编辑计划可能是一个博客的优势。Markus Merz 写了一篇文章,很好地说明了如何创建一个优秀的编辑计划。 学会说不 这个或许很难做到,特别当您心太软的时候。不管心软不软,您的时间是宝贵的,在某些情况下,您应该站起来说不。 清空收件箱 您有没有遇到过哪天醒来发现邮箱里面的邮件太多而不知道怎样处理的事?如果有,为什么不把所有的邮件删除掉呢?当然,这些邮件里面或许会有一两封是重要的,但是发件人如果得不到回复的话,他们或者会重新发送。虽然删除邮件之前要小心,但是清空收件箱的感觉是很好的,您或许应该一直保持收件箱是空的。 (精博注:我一直都有清空收件箱的习惯,不过是在把收件箱里面所有的邮件都看完之后。) 把所有的项目全部标为已读 和邮箱清空的方法相似。如果您订阅了几十或者几百个 RSS Feed,总有一天您的RSS阅读器会显示有1000个以上的 RSS Feed 没有阅读。您如果没有时间全部阅读完,那么不妨采取另外一个措施——把所有的 RSS Feed 全部标为已读。这样做的结果是,您不仅可以在短短的几秒钟内觉得自己跟上了潮流,而且还可以从头开始,没有压力。如果您认为把所有的项目全部标为已阅读不好,不妨阅读 James Mowery 的建议,学习如何建立一个严格的阅读 RSS Feed 的计划。 远离电子产品 不接触电子产品或许是不可能的,但是如有机会,暂时离开电脑或者其他任何电子产品是有好处的。那样的话,您就有机会重新思考并更新所关注的重要事件的焦点。在离开电子产品的时候,如果有一本杂志在身边,我就会想出一些非常不错的点子。我同时把需要优先处理的或者需要处理的事情记录下来。不管怎样,读书看报是很有好处的,在您回到键盘那里的时候,或许已经是胸有成竹了。 结论: 对我来讲,一次只做一件事被证明是会成功的。事实上,我不可能立刻出现在任一地方,不可能读完每一封邮件,也不可能看完 Twitter 或者 RSS 阅读器上的所有内容。但是,这些信息的美妙之处在于,我可以埋头阅读一会儿,然后马上回到工作上。虽然有时候我会觉得错过了什么,但是互联网就是这么玩的,您不可能是百事通。每天我只知道一小部分发生在互联网上的事,越早的承认自己一定会错过一些东西就越好。 您呢?您是否觉得自己所接受的信息过载呢?您是如何避免这种情况发生的?如果您有任何的技巧或者方法,欢迎在这里发表您的评论。 原文:8 Tips To Avoid Social/Blogging Overload 原文作者:Jeff ...Contribute comment - Google Directory - Health (1)
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Is Barack Obama considering Hillary Clinton for secretary of state in order to get her off his back or as a prelude to protecting her back?Shared by Jimmy (3)Contribute comment -
Dan Lyons Says Kiss My Ass and Quits Blogging (17)
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LATE BREAKING: Dan Lyons, the writer/ journalist formerly know as The Real Dan Lyons formerly know as The Fake Steve Jobs is quitting blogging after having a post yanked this week by his employer Newsweek. Jordan Golson from the Industry Standard reports that Dan told him “that he is hanging up his personal blog as RealDanLyons.com after his Newsweek bosses made him yank his post where Lyons (rightly) called Yahoo’s PR staff ‘lying sacks of ...Shared by 100rabh™ (0) Asfaq (3) Buzzworkers (1) Drew Olanoff (14) Duncan Riley (29) Greg (2) J. Phil (11) Mike Fruchter (105) Ontario Emperor (21) robdiana (24) Sam (0) Scott Wilson (1) StevieB (20) Tallin (0) TonNet (6) vimoh (1) Vinu (0)Contribute comment - Logo Design Inspiration: 54 Creative Logos Hand-picked From Logopond (1)
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Woo me (1)
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Kind of like Trade Me, only…. different. Very very different. Woome Woo me has a simple concept - setting up video calls between guys and gals - an online one minute speed date. And now you can record the conversation and post it for posterity, and they could even get on to TV. The site teaches a lot about keeping things simple. The front page invites you to play a conversation featuring myspace giant Tila ...Shared by Simon Young (0)Contribute comment - GigaTweet - Counting down to the billionth twitter message (1)
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Forward Email To RSS (6)
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We have shown you yesterday how you can forward RSS news to Email. Today it is the other way round by reviewing the service MailOnFeed which creates RSS news feeds out of Email accounts. The basic principle of the service is straightforward. The user adds one or multiple email accounts that support IMAP to his Mail On Feed profile which will be turned into news feeds by the service. These news feeds can then be ...Shared by cb (20) guercheLE (10) Henk Nouwens (5) Rutger Blom (1) Vipul Limbachiha (39) Yohan Launay - ConceptSL (20)Contribute comment - Cannot open Windows Help Files CHM over the local network (1)
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The 10 biggest mistakes people make on Twitter | Mike Smith (2)
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If you missed the first installment in this series on the 10 biggest mistakes people make on various social media websites, you can see it here: 10 biggest mistakes people make on Stumble Upon. For this article, I am looking over the ever popular twitter. In 140 characters or less you can keep people updated with your lives. Micro blogging times ten, you could say. Twitter is a great tool, not only for making connections ...Shared by Dani McDaniel (1) Jaime (0)Contribute comment -
Free Technology for Teachers: 34 Ways to Use RSS (5)
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Louis Gray is a tech blogger that I've been following for about six month now. One of the topics that he often explores is the myriad of way in which RSS feeds and readers can be used. On Monday, he had a guest writer, Mike Fruchter who posted a great piece titled 30 Different Uses for RSS. The list is primarily focused on average consumer uses of RSS, but there are some suggestions which could ...Contribute comment - At Conn. Children's, visitor management is 'always a work in progress' - Security Director News (1)
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Google Reader Now Translates RSS Feeds (1)
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As I've written before, the Google Translate application can be useful for ESL/EFL students as well as for native English speakers trying to learn a new language. I've personally been using Google Translate as I prepare for my trip to China in April. Yesterday, Google announced that RSS feeds can now be translated inside Google Reader.Applications for EducationWhat this announcement from Google means for foreign language and ESL teachers and students is that if there ...Shared by Michelle Krill (0)Contribute comment
