I've gotten stuck in a rut online. Aside from a couple blogs and webcomics, I'm pretty much trapped inside of HN and Reddit. How do you guys find interesting stuff--word of mouth, random Google searches, or what?
Ask HN: How do you find interesting stuff to read besides HN?
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Re: Ask HN: How do you find interesting stuff to read besides HN?
#2Feel that way sometimes myself...
I do like The Register:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/headlines.atom
The have a slightly European bent (which is refreshing at times) and take sarcasm to new heights.
Cheers
Re: Ask HN: How do you find interesting stuff to read besides HN?
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Re: Ask HN: How do you find interesting stuff to read besides HN?
#4I like to use Google Reader to keep track of interesting blogs and news sources. Usually when an article is linked from HN I take a look at the site and see if it's interesting, then check if it has an RSS feed.
Re: Ask HN: How do you find interesting stuff to read besides HN?
#5Word of mouth (or email) works for me. I send things that I find interesting to some friends, and they return the favor. Saving those links to read during "free" hours, you can build up quite a reading list.
Re: Ask HN: How do you find interesting stuff to read besides HN?
#6A lot of time it happens haphazardly. Whenever I read my subscribed feeds, a lot of the posting will have links to other blog postings.
I also find great reads through my own community of forums, blogs, meetups, social networks, etc...
Re: Ask HN: How do you find interesting stuff to read besides HN?
#7I like to use Google Reader to keep track of interesting blogs and news sources. Usually when an article is linked from HN I take a look at the site and see if it's interesting, then check if it has an RSS feed.
Good point. I do this too, though it takes regular pruning of the RSS feed list to keep it interesting. I'll usually sign up for a feed from a blog or site that seems interesting, and after a few weeks or every few months check how often I actually read that feed. If not, out it goes.
Re: Ask HN: How do you find interesting stuff to read besides HN?
#8I actually try to actively fight the urge to seek out "interesting" things to read. The content on HN is of fairly high quality, and seeking out more stuff to consume outside of it leads to diminishing returns on time wasted.
I find if something is important enough, it will get to me one way or another. Or I'll see it passing by on HN.
Re: Ask HN: How do you find interesting stuff to read besides HN?
#9If I run across a particularly interesting post--linked from a favorite blog, or HN or reddit--I'll often subscribe to the site's rss feed for a week or two on the strength of that experience.
If the site's quality is consistently good, it stays in my feed reader. Otherwise it's booted fast. As a bonus, that high-quality site will probably link to other things I've never heard of, which might be worth reading long-term.
There's no universal recipe, and very few good aggregators online. But you can usually depend on the principle that good stories will link to other good stories.
Re: Ask HN: How do you find interesting stuff to read besides HN?
#10I try and get friends who read blogs to use google reader and then constantly cajole them into sharing stuff. Some of my favorite stuff comes from things my friends have shared. Especially things that wouldn't show up on my radar normally.