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Monday, February 04, 2008
Off Topic: Raganwald Names Names
Someone asked where I get the links I post is various places (like my weblog’s RSS feed, (ruby|programming).reddit.com, dzone, and news.ycombinator.com). Here’s what I do:
I scan my existing subscriptions and link aggregators like programming.reddit.com looking for articles I like. I like to follow links from links as well, sometimes they are much more interesting than the post that caught your attention. If I like a post I find, I use a Firefox button to tag it in del.icio.us, and that adds it to my RSS feed’s daily links: I have a tag called weblog, and I serve my RSS feed with feedburner. One of the myriad options for feedburner is to integrate del.icio.us links, and I set it up to merge just that tag, not all of my links.
When I like an article I try to quickly have a look at the author’s other writing. In many cases I add the author to my subscriptions. Firefox again, it’s a click or two to add the feed. I will drop feeds after a while if they drive me insane, of course. That’s why I don’t have a whole lot of Apple links, it’s hard for me to stay interested.
Would you believe I am a shameless egocentric? I have some technorati and google searches set up as RSS feeds, looking for mentions of my name or backlinks to my web posts. I almost always post articles that link to me, especially if they strongly agree or disagree.
If it’s a twitter-style post where I am quoted and the author doesn’t say anything else, I usually won’t post it along, although I will have a look at the weblog and I often subscribe to it. I obviously like being quoted, but I like things that keep the ideas rolling even more. (Please don’t stop twittering, but when you have a moment, take a minute or two to share a piece of you with us. And that goes for any follow-up ideas, even (or especially) if they are in the form of pointing out that my weblog is proof that if any idiot can afford a printing press, any idiot will self-publish.)
I also read the comments on this weblog. Some of them include links to interesting posts. I try to check them all out. FYI, when leaving a comment you can use an old-fashioned anchor tag (<A HREF="link.url">link text</A>) to create hyperlinks back to your weblog or any other post you think is relevant. And there’s this thing called email. People email links to me, including links to posts they have just written that they think I might like. I try to read it all.
And that’s where I get my links. Cheers!
p.s. Here’s an opml snapshot of my subscriptions. If your weblog isn’t on it, feel free to drop me a line when you write something I might like reading. I do clean house from time to time, and I may need to be reminded of your writing.
Someone asked where I get the links I post is various places (like my weblog’s RSS feed, (ruby|programming).reddit.com, dzone, and news.ycombinator.com). Here’s what I do:
I scan my existing subscriptions and link aggregators like programming.reddit.com looking for articles I like. I like to follow links from links as well, sometimes they are much more interesting than the post that caught your attention. If I like a post I find, I use a Firefox button to tag it in del.icio.us, and that adds it to my RSS feed’s daily links: I have a tag called weblog, and I serve my RSS feed with feedburner. One of the myriad options for feedburner is to integrate del.icio.us links, and I set it up to merge just that tag, not all of my links.
When I like an article I try to quickly have a look at the author’s other writing. In many cases I add the author to my subscriptions. Firefox again, it’s a click or two to add the feed. I will drop feeds after a while if they drive me insane, of course. That’s why I don’t have a whole lot of Apple links, it’s hard for me to stay interested.
Would you believe I am a shameless egocentric? I have some technorati and google searches set up as RSS feeds, looking for mentions of my name or backlinks to my web posts. I almost always post articles that link to me, especially if they strongly agree or disagree.
If it’s a twitter-style post where I am quoted and the author doesn’t say anything else, I usually won’t post it along, although I will have a look at the weblog and I often subscribe to it. I obviously like being quoted, but I like things that keep the ideas rolling even more. (Please don’t stop twittering, but when you have a moment, take a minute or two to share a piece of you with us. And that goes for any follow-up ideas, even (or especially) if they are in the form of pointing out that my weblog is proof that if any idiot can afford a printing press, any idiot will self-publish.)
I also read the comments on this weblog. Some of them include links to interesting posts. I try to check them all out. FYI, when leaving a comment you can use an old-fashioned anchor tag (<A HREF="link.url">link text</A>) to create hyperlinks back to your weblog or any other post you think is relevant. And there’s this thing called email. People email links to me, including links to posts they have just written that they think I might like. I try to read it all.
And that’s where I get my links. Cheers!
p.s. Here’s an opml snapshot of my subscriptions. If your weblog isn’t on it, feel free to drop me a line when you write something I might like reading. I do clean house from time to time, and I may need to be reminded of your writing.
Comments on “Off Topic: Raganwald Names Names”:
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I was just jokingly referring to the "Subscribed!" comment at that link. I must have misunderstood what you meant by that. My blog would definitely be out of place among the stellar entries in your OPML file. :)
Oh, I did subscribe, but I think you got caught up in a big December housecleaning. But I found another article of yours I liked reading, so you're linked AND back on my list... for now...
But seriously, my OPML list doesn't really mean anything, every once in a while I toss almost everything out and start fresh, there is just too much good stuff out there, you included.
p.s. you got some spelling wrong, there was a post about how OS X Leopard correctly selects the file name but not the extension when renaming a file in Finder...
But seriously, my OPML list doesn't really mean anything, every once in a while I toss almost everything out and start fresh, there is just too much good stuff out there, you included.
p.s. you got some spelling wrong, there was a post about how OS X Leopard correctly selects the file name but not the extension when renaming a file in Finder...
What really surprises me is that of all yours, and of my 70, only about 5 are the same. Thanks for all the suggested reading!
I find that as I get more, I don't have time to read most of them anymore. This is largely a good thing, I get greater variation and only read things that really sound appealing. Though it is frustrating to see some of the articles be neglected just because I never get around to looking at them, usually the longer ones.
I find that as I get more, I don't have time to read most of them anymore. This is largely a good thing, I get greater variation and only read things that really sound appealing. Though it is frustrating to see some of the articles be neglected just because I never get around to looking at them, usually the longer ones.
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