RSS

My aggregator of choice is NetNewsWire Lite (the free version). As far as I know, it is only available for Mac OS X.

I've made several efforts over the past few years to give RSS feeds a try, and I've always used the aggregator for a few weeks, and then went back to browsing the web as I usually do. It could just be my character, but I feel that I can go out and find what I am looking for right now. If you don't check your RSS subscriptions daily, the number of unread posts begins to build. It makes me somewhat anxious and is akin to a e-mail account with too much unread mail.

But in the interest of experimentation, I have fired up NetNewsWired once again. This time I will subscribe to book and DVD review sites. Currently I have subscribed to the New York Times Book Review section, The San Jose Mercury News Books and DVD sections, and several categories of the Reader's Club. The intention is to broaden my book and video selection tools, and so far I've selected several titles based on subscribing to the RSS feeds. The challenge will be to keep up with the inflow of feeds.