to information. Content is the name of the game now. Web 2.0. is all about user driven content. Blogs, news, imagery, videos, etc. at your fingertips that becomes viral. People can share their voice, gain readership, and even make large amounts of money. (I heard boingboing.net makes 6 figures a year) It's even becoming more of bigger venue for advertising. Companies are now creating viral content specifically for the 2.0 world. Content that people get behind and pass on to their friends.
A few weeks ago I posted on the RSS reader called Net News Wire, which now that I look back at was pretty much geek speak to most of you. I posted right when I discovered the application, but now that I've had a few weeks to use it and get completely sucked in, I am reposting on it. I can't get enough of it, and it makes it ridiculously easy to obtain current posts and information. You can subscribe to your favorite blogs, news sites, and anything that has an RSS feed.
Below is a screenshot of NetNewsWire:
On the left you can organize the subscriptions and blogs. The top middle shows you the titles of the post, and in bold are the posts that are unread. When you click on one, the post shows up in the bottom preview panel. You can click on the post link if you want to read more, and it takes you to the actual web page right within the application, then puts a tab with a thumbnail on the right column if you want to go back to it. You can also sign up for NetNewsGator which allows you to sync all your subscriptions between computers.
The whole thing is fantastic, and I am addicted. It makes reading all your favorite blogs easy as pie!
Download it here.
I've been looking for something like this! too bad its only for Macs. I need something for windows.
Posted by: JIve | March 07, 2008 at 03:43 PM
This is awesome! Thanks for the tip, been using it too.
Posted by: Marianne Lozano | March 07, 2008 at 03:52 PM
Bummer.. I'm not very adept in the PC world. Anyone know of anything similar for windows?
Posted by: Nick Onken | March 07, 2008 at 05:08 PM
I used to use Net News Wire, I switched to Google Reader when I got my iphone. I love that my feeds follow me anywhere and with igoogle I can at a glance check, mail, news feeds etc all at once - works for anyone - even PCs!
Posted by: Amy Jester | March 10, 2008 at 10:33 PM