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What RSS Feeds Do You Use?

Posted by Soulskill on from the attention-deficit dept.

oncehour writes "I'm looking to broaden my horizons in terms of news, industry information, and generally good-to-know stuff. I've found a lot of great blogs and websites over the years, but I'm wondering what Slashdotters read regularly? What's in your RSS feeds?" We discussed this back in 2004, but the list of quality feeds has grown quite a bit in the past four years. Try to include at least a minimal description, so we know if we'll be looking at NASA news or up-to-the-minute cowboy boot fashion trends.

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  1. Re:I don't get it by MMMDI · · Score: 4, Informative

    Let's say your favorite sites are Slashdot, Site1, Site2, and Site3. You check these sites a couple of times daily for new content, which consists of you manually visiting slashdot.org, site1.com, site2.com, and site3.com every time the mood strikes you and then scanning said sites for updates.

    With an RSS reader, you simply go to your feed reader of choice (or open your preferred program, or however you get your content - there's hundreds of options) and scan down the list - "Oh, Slashdot updated with three new stories, that one looks interesting, [click]."

    Now, say that you want to stay up to date with dozens or even hundreds of sites, and you'll see the benefit of feeds.

  2. My big themed list by Miletos · · Score: 5, Informative
    Comics

    Finance & Economy

    Space

    Tech

    Misc

    • Greggman - American gamedev'er who lived in Japan
    • Jort Kelder - Dutch dandy. Ex-editor-in-chief of Quote, a magazine about entrepeneurs and the life of the nouveau rich. Co-host of the dutch Dragons Den.
    • Scalzi's Whatever - Sciencefiction author.
    • The Sartorialist - Fashion photographer. If you'd like to dress like a man with some class, instead of a fake tan metrosexual...look here for inspiration.
  3. Re:WHICH feeds by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    You are in error. The word "which" is used when there is a limited selection. The word "what" is used when there is an unlimited selection.

    Thus one would say:
    * Which feed is your favorite - slashdot or reddit?
    * What feeds are your favorite?

    Note that an "unlimited selection" does not refer to infinite choices, rather that the choices are not limited (selected) by the asker.