How To Speed-Read the Net

I made a small update to the website today by adding an "atom" feed -- see left sidebar link named "Site Feed". This article: How To Speed-Read the Net - Ditch your browser—RSS makes surfing for news a joy. By Paul Boutin explains what I've added. Basically, if you have an RSS/Atom feed reader installed on your PC/Mac you can simply include this site as one of your subscriptions and get automatic updates whenever I add an item. No need to constantly check this site for updates -- updates come automatically to you.

The invention of the Web browser added pictures to the Internet, but all those images still haven't made reading online a pleasant experience. If you're someone who uses the Web as your main source of news, you probably have 60 bookmarks that you never use, or you open 30 browser windows simultaneously to keep track of the articles you want to read—but you never get around to all of them.

RSS ("Really Simple Syndication" or "Rich Site Summary," depending on whom you ask) has three distinct advantages over Web browsing and e-mail, the two most popular ways to read news online. First, no ads or graphics clutter the headlines and article summaries.

Second, an RSS reader automatically updates itself with the latest items from the sites you tell it to watch, so it's always fresh. You don't have to hop from site to site, or constantly click "refresh," to know what's been published by the sites you frequent most. Lastly, you can include customized RSS "feeds" that cull material from multiple news sources into a single data stream.

Once you've installed an "rss/atom" reader (check article for recommendations) simply include this URL in your subscription list:

https://sandsii.tripod.com/atom.xml