Using FeedDemon Watches to filter out stuff you don’t want to read

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

I didn’t have the time to read through Nick’s recent deluge of FeedDemon tips, so this maybe a duplicate, but just in case, I had a bit of a Eureka moment earlier today.
One thing I’ve been bugging Nick about for quite awhile about is providing a means to mark posts as read automatically, what I [...]

NewsGator is giving away it’s RSS clients

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

In case neither of you have seen the news elsewhere, NewsGator’s RSS clients are now free, and that includes synchronization.
This is awesome news. By releasing their best of breed applications (okay, maybe I’m a little biased, but probably not) into the free-as-in-beer wild, RSS uptake should increase because the cost of entry has just dropped [...]

A couple of damn cool feeds

Wednesday, December 6th, 2006

Just a couple of feeds I picked up in the last month or so that I think are worth passing along.

Lifehacker - feedFrom their About page: “Lifehacker makes getting things done easy and fun. Delving deep into the technoweb, Lifehacker brings back simple and totally life-altering tips and tricks for managing your information and time.”
MAKE [...]

Why can’t I set NewsGator Online as the default RSS reader in Firefox 2?

Monday, November 6th, 2006

I pretty much avoided the Firefox 2 betas. I spend all day in the browser and I’ve learned that, even with stable betas, if you can’t afford downtime it’s best to let others handle the testing.
So today was the first day I really got a look at the much praised new feature that allows you [...]

Test driving NetNewsWire 2.1

Thursday, May 11th, 2006

Congrats to Brent Simmons on the release of NetNewsWire 2.1.
This is the first version of the popular Mac newsreader released under the NewsGator banner and includes synchronization with NewsGator’s services.
I figured since I’ve got to support the program, it would probably be a good idea to use it exclusively for awhile. I’m still a [...]