Articles tagged "News & RSS"

Turn any website into an email newsletter

Email is the internet's last bastion against the algorithm. Every other website and app decides which things you will or will not see, and in which order you'll see them. Your inbox doesn't work that way—which is amazing. 

Get official COVID-19 updates in your inbox every day

Keeping up with the news right now is stressful—but it's also never been more important. One thing I've found helpful is reading information directly from primary sources.

4 ways to make your bookmarking app work for you

Reading things online is my favorite work distraction. While researching for this article, I went down a rabbit hole of tutorials for setting up Google Analytics.

3 ways to stay informed without becoming overwhelmed

There's a lot going on right now.

How to filter, combine, and customize RSS feeds

Want to keep up with your favorite sites without getting overwhelmed? There are too many things published each day to possibly read them all—but you also don't want to miss the articles that would interest you most.

4 popular ways to use RSS by Zapier

Sometimes you want total control over what you consume on a website, without an algorithm or newsletter telling you what's important. RSS feeds let you make your own choices about what you want to read.

5 tips and tricks to get more out of Pocket

Pocket is a great way to save all the interesting things you find online. Pocket—originally called Read It Later—makes it easy to save those articles, videos, and sites in a single click.

How to use RSS feeds to boost your productivity

A few weeks ago, I was scrolling through Twitter and came across this post bemoaning the loss of RSS: I was confused—RSS hasn't disappeared. I use it every single day.

How automation helped this journalist quench a 'news desert'

While there's more information at our fingertips than ever before, there's also more misinformation. With small newspapers shutting down across the United States, many towns are becoming "news deserts"—communities no longer covered by local newspapers.

How to make a Twitter RSS feed

Twitter used to include an RSS feed on each Twitter profile but removed it several years ago. Fortunately, it's not hard to make your own RSS feed for a Twitter account, searches on Twitter, or mentions of a hashtag or user.