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November 2008 
How do you read the web? How do you save your favorites?
Posted on Aug 18th, 2007
by 
George
George
How I "read" the web
I recently got into RSS, and it's changed the way I keep up with my favorite websites and blogs. Here's a 4-minute video explaining RSS in plain English.
To read my favorite RSS feeds, I use Google Reader because it's so easy, and with a click of a button I can broadcast my favorite items. There are many ways to read your favorite "feeds" besides Google Reader and here's an article outlining 10 ways:
http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2007/08/10-ways-to-look-at-feeds.html
Those interested in marketing and media might like this short article by Seth Godin, about the significance of RSS: http://tinyurl.com/3b9e4t
How I save and organize my favorite links
All links which I want to keep (and don't mind sharing with others), I use del.icio.us and tag it with words or phrases that allow me to quickly find it in the future. Here's a great 3-minute video describing social bookmarking in plain English and highlighting del.icio.us.
I recommend del.icio.us as a way to help us collectively keep track of the best web resources. Here's a good article about why.
In the rare cases when I need to save an entire webpage (e.g. one-time webpages like receipts, or just in case the website owner decides to move or delete that page) I use ScrapBook. The del.icio.us version of this would be Furl (although I haven't begun to use this yet) Here's an article describing using Furl and Del.icio.us together.
I recently got into RSS, and it's changed the way I keep up with my favorite websites and blogs. Here's a 4-minute video explaining RSS in plain English.
To read my favorite RSS feeds, I use Google Reader because it's so easy, and with a click of a button I can broadcast my favorite items. There are many ways to read your favorite "feeds" besides Google Reader and here's an article outlining 10 ways:
http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2007/08/10-ways-to-look-at-feeds.html
Those interested in marketing and media might like this short article by Seth Godin, about the significance of RSS: http://tinyurl.com/3b9e4t
How I save and organize my favorite links
All links which I want to keep (and don't mind sharing with others), I use del.icio.us and tag it with words or phrases that allow me to quickly find it in the future. Here's a great 3-minute video describing social bookmarking in plain English and highlighting del.icio.us.
I recommend del.icio.us as a way to help us collectively keep track of the best web resources. Here's a good article about why.
In the rare cases when I need to save an entire webpage (e.g. one-time webpages like receipts, or just in case the website owner decides to move or delete that page) I use ScrapBook. The del.icio.us version of this would be Furl (although I haven't begun to use this yet) Here's an article describing using Furl and Del.icio.us together.
Access: Public
Now that I've started using Furl.net to save occasionaly webpages, it has replaced
ScrapBook. I highly recommend installing the Furl toolbar buttons so you can also save webpages that are password-protected or part of a private translation. Why Furl if you already use Delicious? Here's an article describing using both Furl and Del.icio.us.