Twitter may be great for picking up stories that fly under the radar of mainstream news stories and trusted blogs. People, such as tech writers, who need to obtain news a little earlier may also need to follow Twitter. However for real news reading I find it a better use of time to go to …
Feedly takes all of one’s RSS feeds in Google Reader and produces from them a compelling newspaper. It’s a joy to look at, and a joy to read. Everyone who tries Feedly loves what it can do. Twitter Times has the harder job of taking one’s twitter stream and producing a news stream. It selects …
news.google.com, Reader, FastFlip. Now “Living Stories“
Haaretz is considered to be Israel’s most important daily newspaper but in terms of professionalism it’s a mixed bag. Even more so the English web version. Today there was an article about an appeal by British professors to Leonard Cohen to cancel his planned Israel gig. The article relies for content almost entirely on the …
louisgray.com: 10 Ways to Maximize Your Google Reader Link Blog Another approach (or other approaches) to social network integration – some great ideas.
Anyone know if The Palestine Chronicle blocks access from Israel, or perhaps just certain ISPs (mine’s Bezeq)? If so, it may be a punitive reaction to damage done by Israeli hackers: “Palestine Chronicle Hacked” (from early January 2009). Or maybe it’s PACBI . But I’m intrigued as it’s the first time I’ve come across something …
Happy Super Tuesday, Americans. In Israel/Palestine it’s just an ordinary day but, as in every other corner of the world, many are watching the long and creaky old election process with bated breath. We know that the next president won’t bring salvation or even undo much of the damage of the incumbent. All the candidates …
Nine Burmese demonstrators killed in one day. The news sites say that the conflict in Burma pits the country’s two most powerful forces, the monasteries and the Junta against one another. Guns against spiritual force – a kind of symmetry. Eleven killed in Palestine the same day. Israel may be hoping the events in Burma …
Calling all tourists to Bamiyan (BBC) What a pity that I missed Bamyan, or the lakes of Bandar Abbas, when visiting Afghanistan around 1975. But I did catch the Blue Mosque in Mazar i-Sharif and other nice things. Back then, the accommodation was halfway decent. If there didn’t happen to be a hotel, you could …