jkOnTheRun: Impressed with Google Reader
Congratulations to James Kendrick who has moved over to Google Reader from Onfolio. GR is really one of the best-done online feed readers (the best IMHO), with simple easy to remember/use keyboard shortcuts, lightweight AJAX interface that is quick to render, and the ability to mark items for future reference. Another feature that I’ve been using for a few months is the Shared Items feature that allows you to mark posts/articles that should be shared for someone reading your Shared Items to view. Nifty little thing that you can link to from your blog so people can read the...
Read MoreMobile Crunch to review Mobile RSS Readers
Oliver over at Mobile Crunch has posted that they will be doing “head to head comparisons” of the current crop of mobile RSS readers. He mentions that they will be reviewing readers for both Windows Mobile and Symbian based phones. Can’t wait guys – I’ve been using a Pocket PC based reader, so I’m curious to see how it compares to the other shipping software out there.
Read MoreReview – NewsGator Online
Reviews Intro: Now I mentioned NewsGator to a coworker awhile ago and the first question they couldn’t wait to ask is “You mean that spy ware company?”. Of course NewsGator has nothing to do with the old “Gator” spy ware stuff from many years ago, but it’s curious that people still relate the name. At any rate, this review is one in a number (not sure how many) on free RSS Readers. There will be some online products, some offline products, and some that cross the line using features of both. Along with NewsGator Online, I’m planning on reviewing...
Read MoreInvestigating RSS Readers
A week ago, my manager pulls me aside and shows me a list of all the web sites that I had hit the previous month, since I was in the “Top 10″ users of the ‘net that month. What makes me laugh about this is that I was not in the Top 10 for the previous few years! Also, the way our company “measures” Internet usage is inaccurate – the number of web hits in a month is meaningless – and this seems to be the only measurement they are using. What about amount of data transferred per site, or the amount of time per site? Anyway, the gist of all this is...
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Rick Mahn is the Founder of SMBMSP, Principal of Rick Mahn & Associates, and a Sr. Information Technologies Architect with Experis. With over two decades in Information Technologies Architecture and Social Media, Rick connects people & organizations by embracing new technologies and open standards.Learn more about Rick.
