Yes, I’ve been ranting about RSS feeds for a while and how essential they are for keeping up with Web sites. But sometimes you want to follow a site or page that […]
Digg Killing Off Digg Reader, I Go Back to NewsBlur
Well, I DID have plans to write a DIFFERENT article this week but APPARENTLY they have been PRE-EMPTED. As you might be able to tell by the OCCASIONAL CAPS I am just […]
Anatomy of an Information Trap, Part II: Setting Up and Sharing Google Alerts

Hi! This is part two of a three-part series on monitoring the Internet for information about a topic, going from almost no knowledge to a steady stream of information sourced from all […]
Anatomy of an Information Trap, Part I: Starting From Scratch

EDIT: Leo asked me to define Information Trap. So here goes: it’s a trap for information. HA! No, seriously, an “information trap” is a monitor placed on the Web in general or […]
Keeping Up With Reddit: Use IFTTT, Not Google Alerts

If you consider just mainstream press coverage, you might come away with the impression that Reddit is a chaotic place full of jerks and that the information it aggregates is of no […]