There is so much information each week about new social media applications, new developments, controversies real or manufactured, that I don’t pretend to be able to keep up. But as I like to have at least a sense of what’s happening I have a couple of feed readers I scan, on pretty much a daily basis. I use BlogBridge a lot and am hearing such good things about Google Reader that I’m thinking of re-visiting it.
I’m thinking also of making more use of the Rojo feed reader service (“RSS with mojo”).
In the meantime, one email I really enjoy getting is Rojo’s succinct, and linked, weekly update on top stories on the web and in blogs. The digest takes up no more than a screen and a half and has good summary headlines, so it’s very easy to scan.
It’s eclectic, as in this sample from yesterday:
…John Battelle’s Searchblog predicts significant gains in Web-based advertising despite recession fears, Wall Street frustration with Google, and a Facebook identity crisis. (Mashable! then riffs off Battelle to predict what a successful, recession-proof ad platform looks like.) Finally, HipMojo.com‘s crystal ball shows a $1 billion online-video ad market, Yahoo! getting bought, and free, ad-supported online music.
Last August, when I was still authoring the Business and Blogging site at b5media, I wrote a short series of posts on favorite feed readers. Rojo was not included. Now, looking at it more closely, I’m thinking it could become, if not a favorite of mine, at least a helpful addition to my online information management toolkit.
