I’m addicted to this ignite series. Great concept. More of my favs coming soon. This one is a great one on design from Leesean Hepnova (leesean.net). Simplify, people!
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How I Read the Internet
I read a lot online. The internet has been good to me. But it needs filters. I follow 241 people on Twitter, and that number is growing. Those folks post a lot of links I want to read, but often don’t have time to at the moment they post it.
Enter Instapaper. Integration with Twitter apps and all my browsers, and a iPhone app. Brilliant and simple. If it’s worth reading, I’ll “read it later.”
My other favorite tool is Readability, which makes most websites 20 times better by cutting out the sidebars, ads, Flash, and other crap and just giving me the article I want to read, in a wonderful typeface of my choosing, at the size I prefer.
I’ve set my father-in-law up with Readability, because he, too, hates the crap on websites that disturb good content. It’s good stuff. Arc90 deserves a medal.
So here’s how I read the internet:
- Twitter to Instapaper (to read later) or to Safari/Readability
- Safari to Instapaper or Readability (depending on time)
- Google Reader in Fluid with Helvetireader
- Email – I still prefer some email newsletters and Feedburner because it, again, is just the content.
More goodness:
- Give Me Something to Read – a list of the most “Instapapered” articles.
- Netvibes – was my primary for a long time. Works well with Fluid.
- Instapaper Restyled
WooThemes Hits 50, Offer 4 for 1
Super deal over at WooThemes. I’m making a big push for them through the end of October. I use the WooThemes Developer Package. It’s been a wonderful resource for most of my clients. With 50 themes now, they have plenty of options for my and my clients.
Right now, you can get FOUR of their themes for the price of ONE. Sweet!
They have spectacular designers on their roster, and they provide great and timely support. I highly recommend them.
Get in before October and two things happen.
- Use my affiliate link and I’ll get a kickback, 100% of which goes to charity for the rest of October. (and 50% after).
- WooThemes is donating a portion of October proceeds to charity, too.
It’s win-win-win. You get great themes, I give to charity, and WooThemes gives to charity. Awesome.
** All of my October affiliate revenue is going to charity (because I love boobs), so feel free to try out some of the other service and resource providers in my sidebar!
