Hourahine.net » How I… http://www.hourahine.net The digital lifestream for Mike Hourahine Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:29:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 How I Stay Informed http://www.hourahine.net/index.php/2008/01/how-i-stay-informed/ http://www.hourahine.net/index.php/2008/01/how-i-stay-informed/#comments Thu, 31 Jan 2008 02:52:34 +0000 Mike http://www.hourahine.net/wp/?p=45 I love Netvibes (my page shown below) as an RSS Reader. I’ve tried a few others, Outlook (which I also use religiously), Google’s RSS reader, etc. Netvibes has been a tool I’ve stuck with since I started using it more than a year ago. There are many reasons why someone could like this tool. Here are the main reasons why I do:

  • Feeds can be grouped with tabs and layed out in any way you want. That way I can put the more interesting feeds in a more prominent location.
  • Grouping feeds by topic and laying them out as soon allows me to quickly scan the “headlines” from a number of different sources on a topic. Gives me a “pulse” on what’s going on in a given area.
  • Traditional RSS feeds can be mixed with widgets that provide data from other sources like Gmail (for new mail), Facebook (Friend updates, etc.). Netvibes has a ton of widgets that can be added from its universe.
  • It can be accessed from any browser (I have it set as the homepage on all my computers.)
  • It’s simple, slick and effective.

Netvibes page

Update:  Check out my public Netvibes profile.

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