Comments on: How to Hack RSS to Reduce Information Overload

By: Simon Mackie

Simon Mackie — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 12:59:18 +0000

I don’t know of one off the top of my head I’m afraid, Mark. Could be a useful tool, though.

By: Mark Jackson

Mark Jackson — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 12:11:00 +0000

Does anybody know of (or have created) a “bayesian” type approach to this? Like using bayesian spam filters (thumb up/thumb down type stuff) based on keywords. Seems like this approach would be highly customized to the individual and would be better able to learn/adapt to future articles/trends.

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:35:39 +0000

Thanks for a very informative post!

I also like you past posts on API’s and would like to request more posts on this subject.

By: Alan Ralph

Alan Ralph — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 19:50:22 +0000

I’ve used both PostRank and Yahoo! Pipes in the past to try and manage the amount of information I receive, and they are both good products, but I’ve found that they are only a partial solution for more general information gathering. These days I tend to skim through new items in Google Reader, pick out stuff that is interesting, tag it using ReadItLater, then hit Mark All As Read. I also do this with stuff that comes to my attention via friends on Facebook.

By: Alan Ralph

Alan Ralph — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 19:42:39 +0000

That is true, but the downside is that the filtering is only on the system where FeedDemon is installed. The stuff that Dawn is talking about will be usable on multiple systems and services.

By: Alan Ralph

Alan Ralph — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 19:36:53 +0000

Hi Martin, I just had a look at the Favit website, and will be investigating further. Thanks for the tip!

By: Martin

Martin — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 09:38:10 +0000

Hm… yahoo piper seems like a huge hassle. I just use the filtering that http://favit.com provides me.

I subscribe to the feeds I like and then say: “filter for this and that in all my feeds”

I can create as many filters as I want and the new stuff is indicated with a number in the filter name – convenient and snappy.

By: steve

steve — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 08:05:09 +0000

Very nice on pipes, I was looking for a solution before I had heard of pipes and ended up coding up my own a year or so ago.

bit of back story: was using netvibes and noticed it was at times over refreshing and that some of the feeds would date back months and have been read ages ago, so just coded it together in a weekend hack session. Guess that’s the programmers way of doing it =]

By: mcclanahoochie

mcclanahoochie — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 05:01:22 +0000

I listen to my RSS feeds via FeedSpeak for Android : http://feedspeak.tk

By: Carl Natale

Carl Natale — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 02:02:44 +0000

I like what you outline here. This could work for a few things I want to do. But I have a silly question.

What’s the long-term viability of Yahoo Pipes?

I keep thinking about what almost happened to Delicious. Which may still happen.