As I recently wrote, “I’m on Twitter with a very narrow use case. I use it to market my blog and posts. I follow app developers of apps that I use to keep up with the latest information about their apps. And last for breaking news. That’s it!” One of the app developers that I … Continue reading How to follow a Mastodon account with RSS
Scott Gilbertson, Wired Whether you are sick of social media, want to get away from endless notifications, or just want to read all your news all in one spot, an RSS reader can help. RSS stands for “really simple syndication.” It’s a protocol that allows an RSS reader to talk to your favorite websites and … Continue reading RSS – Reading
“NetNewsWire 6 for iOS is now available on the App Store! This release brings new features — iCloud sync; sync with BazQux, Inoreader, NewsBlur, The Old Reader, and FreshRSS; home screen widgets; special support for Twitter and Reddit feeds; and more.” If you’re not using RSS now is a perfect time to give it a … Continue reading RSS reader NetNewsWire 6 is out for iPhone and iPad with iCloud sync
More news today from NetNewsWire. “NetNewsWire 6 — currently in beta (Mac for now) — adds support for a bunch of RSS sync systems: BazQux, Inoreader, NewsBlur, The Old Reader, and FreshRSS. (NetNewsWire already supported Feedly and Feedbin: this makes the list a lot longer.)” If you’ve held off on checking out NetNewsWire because you … Continue reading New in NetNewsWire 6: Syncing Via BazQux, Inoreader, NewsBlur, The Old Reader, and FreshRSS
Last week David Sparks tweeted out some codes (they’ve all been taken) to get a free version of the iOS app Unread. https://twitter.com/MacSparky/status/901492463461728257 That got me thinking, I haven’t used Unread for quite some time. I switched from Unread to Reeder about a year ago so maybe it’s time to give Unread another look. So … Continue reading iOS RSS Feed Reader
Scott Nesbitt writing on his blog about Jumping Between Tools “It often starts with frustrations and complaints, minor or not, about one tool and how it’s not meeting their needs. Even though they’ve been using that tool for more than a little while — sometimes for months, often for years. Then they latch on to … Continue reading Fiddling with my setup and automations
Monique Judge, writing at The Verge: In the beginning, there were blogs, and they were the original social web. We built community. We found our people. We wrote personally. We wrote frequently. We self-policed, and we linked to each other so that newbies could discover new and good blogs. I want to go back there. … Continue reading Bring back personal blogging
I’ve had it with Twitter and closed my account this week. That said, I want to still want follow a handful of accounts. Here’s how I’m doing it. Nitter is a free and open-source alternative to Twitter focused on privacy and performance. The source is available on GitHub athttps://github.com/zedeus/nitter. Nitter provides RSS feeds for every … Continue reading I dumped Twitter for Nitter
This last week I kept seeing news articles about ChatGPT in my RSS feed. Yesterday I decided it must be something big to get that much press so I checked it out. So I ask ChatGPT: write a 200 word explanation for how ChatGPT works and here’s the result: ChatGPT is a natural language processing … Continue reading ChatGPT, what the fuck is it?
I’ve been using the free version of Feedly for RSS syncing with Reeder ever since I started using RSS. Reeder 5 introduced a built-in RSS/Feeds service using iCloud to keep everything in sync between devices. For privacy reason, I decided to start using iCloud instead of Feedly. Here’s a friction point that I have with … Continue reading NetNewsWire 6 vs Reeder 5 iCloud sync
I’m a long-time Reeder user for RSS. Not long after Reeder 5 was introduced I tried out the new iCloud feed sync feature. At the time I wrote that I wasn’t impressed. I wanted to try iCloud feed sync thinking I could cancel my free Feedly account. I’ll share a couple of issues that I … Continue reading Reeder 5 iCloud feeds sync revisited
I regularly read several blogs like mine written by individuals. They’re mostly tech and Apple-focused. I’m finding a constant theme amongst us lately. We’re questioning if we are blogging on the right platform if we should have a newsletter yada-yada-yada. Why? Because we’re all in search of more views for our content and to increase … Continue reading Independent bloggers are questioning where they publish their content?
The RSS news-reader app NetNewsWire 6 beta now has the ability to add Twitter searches and read them as if they were any other kind of feed. This is a nice addition if you are a NetNewsWire user. I wish Reeder had this feature.
Every year towards the end of December I evaluate the apps that I’ve been using and what I will use for the next year. I find that writing this out helps me better evaluate the apps that best fit my workflows. Once I complete my evaluation, I summarize it in a post on this blog. … Continue reading My 2021 Essential iOS Apps
Every year towards the end of December I evaluate the apps that I’ve been using and what I will use for the next year. I find that writing this out helps me better evaluate the apps that best fit my workflows. Once I complete my evaluation, I summarize it in a post on this blog. … Continue reading My 2021 Essential Mac Apps
Updated June 9, 2021: Reeder 5 iCloud feeds sync revisited It’s now rock solid! It is so good that I’m leaving Feedly behind. I have had no issues with time-outs and in my opinion sync is just as fast as Feedly. – – – – – – – – – With Reeder 5, the option to … Continue reading Thoughts on Reeder 5 and iCloud feed sync
Yesterday I was reading M.G. Siegler’s article about YouTube TV’s June 30th, 2020 30% price increase. He also speaks to how streaming tv is becoming bundled just like cable tv. Coincidentally, that same day I got an email from Sling TV telling its users that our price is not going up and that our current … Continue reading Sling TV holding prices while YouTube TV raises prices
I ran across these two articles in my RSS feed yesterday and thought that they were worthy of sharing. Apple releases new COVID-19 app and website based on CDC guidance Bug in iOS 13.3.1 and later keeps VPNs from encrypting traffic, but there’s a simple workaround – 9to5Mac
This is directed at those of you who are in the market for a password manager. I’ve been using Enpass for several months and am very happy with it. I’ll mention that Enpass moved to subscription a few weeks ago but they also have a lifetime license and with the sale you, can get a … Continue reading Holiday Sale: Save 50% on all Enpass password manager plans
Each year towards the end of December I summarize in a post, on this site, the Mac, iPhone, and iPad apps that I will be using for the next year. This is always one of my most popular posts. This year instead of a separate article for Mac apps and another for iPhone and iPad … Continue reading My 2020 Must-Have Mac, iPhone, and iPad Apps
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