#feedbin

How I manage posting #indieweb likes from various devices and platforms to my website.

As part of trying to implement a website-first POSSE workflow, I wanted to start with posting Likes to my website and sending out webmentions from them. That is a lot of what I used to tweet out. Why should a record of what I like be stored elsewhere? It took me a little while to figure out what I wanted this system to look like, but once I landed on it and verified it could work with a couple…

Katie Baker reminisces about the good old days when Google Reader was at its peak and RSS was starting to get some semblance of recognition and popularity. Unfortunately, Google has proved to be a bad steward of many of its properties. Google Reader is probably the most well known example, but the list includes Blogger, Sparrow, Google+ and others. I won't ever count on Google for any service that is important to me (email being the best example).

I get the point, though, that Google Reader may be viewed through rose colored glasses. I would argue until blue in the face that Feedbin is much better than Google Reader ever was, and it does a tremendous job of keeping track of parts of the internet that weren't even around or popular in the days of Google's RSS service. Newsletters, YouTube subscriptions and Twitter follows are features of Feedbin that were developed to keep a simple news aggregator relevant in the Web 2.0 age. The fact that superior solutions came out after the death of Reader is almost cause to celebrate its demise.

You don't need Facebook News to keep up with news.

Facebook News (or, rather, a Facebook News tab), is rolling out in the USA, and there are valid concerns about this already, for various reasons.

Whether you’re in the USA, or not, you don’t need (and may not want to rely on) Facebook News to keep up with the news. Instead, there is a tried, tested, and widely available alternative that you can configure to suit your preferences right now:…