I thought I’d give some props to the feeds I read on a regular basis. I’ll be listing them by the way I’ve categorized them, including a link and short description of each site, along with a link to the feed for that site. Start clicking!
The following fall under the tag “misc”. The sites here point to general news and articles along with interesting links and random memes currently being passed along in the blogosphere.
- Descriptious: Populicious: “An RSS feed that adds descriptions to the wonderful del.icio.us/popular and Populicious feeds, which show you what is popular on the web each day”
http://jonaquino.textdriven.com/descriptious/descriptious-populicious.xml - Internet Scout Weblog: A weekly highlight from the Internet
http://scout.wisc.edu/Weblog/SWL–RSS.php - In4mador!: Highlights of random/amusing links
http://www.in4mador.com/feed/ - The Excitement Machine: A blog that has a special love for kitsch
http://www.excitementmachine.org/index.xml - Del.icio.us: Make Magazine: What the Make Magazine staff bookmarked on del.icio.us
http://del.icio.us/rss/makemagazine - Robot Wisdom: One of the original blogs. Links to a broad range of thought-provoking subjects
http://www.xmlhub.com/rssgenr8.php?pageurl=http%3A%2F%2Frobotwisdom.com%2Findex.html - Ask Metafilter: The vast community of Metafilter members (mefites) are consulted for advice and help on all kinds of matters
http://ask.metafilter.com/rss.xml - Tricks of the Trade: Professionals from various fields reveal trade secrets that make their jobs easier
http://www.tradetricks.org/index.rdf - ChangeThis Newsletter: People passionate about ideas are asked to post pdf manifestos. A kind of “This I Believe” for the Internet.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/ChangethisNewsletter - Cool Tools: Almost everything featured here gets bookmarked on my “want” list
http://www.kk.org/cooltools/index.xml - Kottke: One of the grand poobahs of the blogosphere. Culture, webdesign, technology.
http://www.kottke.org/index.xml - Arts & Letters Daily: Links to interesting recent articles, essays, and book reviews. Academic but not too high-brow or obscure
http://www.aldaily.com/rss/rss.xml - Notable Words: A blog devoted to highlighting good writing on the web.
http://www.notablewords.com/subscribe/index.xml - Malcolm Gladwell: One of my favorite nonfiction writers (the Tipping Point guy). Nearly all his articles are archived in his website
http://gladwell.typepad.com/gladwellcom/index.rdf - Douglas Rushkoff: Posts from the esteemed media critic.
http://www.rushkoff.com/rssfeed.xml - New York Review of Books: Book reviews worth reading in and of themselves
http://feeds.feedburner.com/nybooks - New York Times: Books: Book reviews from the NY Times
http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/Books.xml - New York Times Magazine: Articles from the weekend magazine of the Times
http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/Magazine.xml - New Yorker: Selected articles from the New Yorker
http://www.polare.com/news/HPE/xml/feeds/49/249.xml
Any other suggestions?