I get my news from: HN + Proggit + RSS Feeds from a few smaller, but important blogs (mostly personal blogs and other very specialized stuff) in Google Reader.
That's enough interesting news for me.
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?
#12I 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.
Indeed, pruning the feed list is important. I usually only remove a feed if it keeps annoying me with frequent irrelevant content. What I want to prevent is having too many unread items in my reader because it leads to either wasting too much time filtering through them or deciding it's not worth the hassle and missing out on good articles.
Re: Ask HN: How do you find interesting stuff to read besides HN?
#13Socialbrowse has been a cool way to find stuff "word-of-mouth" lately for me.
Re: Ask HN: How do you find interesting stuff to read besides HN?
#14Art & Letters Daily : http://www.aldaily.com/
Re: Ask HN: How do you find interesting stuff to read besides HN?
#15A subscription to The Economist is great for having some printed material to read in the head.
Re: Ask HN: How do you find interesting stuff to read besides HN?
#16A subscription to paper version of WSJ is the best $100/year you'll spend. The content is authoritative, exceptionally well researched and complete. The opinion side of things is pleasantly conservative.
Re: Ask HN: How do you find interesting stuff to read besides HN?
#17I usually checkout techmeme for hot news for the day. Othe than that, techcrunch,gigaom and some voip blogs.
Re: Ask HN: How do you find interesting stuff to read besides HN?
#18I read a couple of forums(a few for my hobbies, a few general ones, a few for politics). Then I have HH and Techcrunch for tech etc. And finally I visit reddit/digg to see if there is anything interesting on the front page.
This way I tend to find all of the interesting stuff as soon as it happens.
Re: Ask HN: How do you find interesting stuff to read besides HN?
#19Try FriendFeed. It is definitely a work in progress but it can really help if you subscribe to a limited number of people.
Re: Ask HN: How do you find interesting stuff to read besides HN?
#20A subscription to paper version of WSJ is the best $100/year you'll spend. The content is authoritative, exceptionally well researched and complete. The opinion side of things is pleasantly conservative.
As much as I like the WSJ, I can't stand the form-factor of newspapers. They're so awkwardly large that you can't read them on a bus/train or almost anywhere else comfortably... not to mention the ink smudging on fingers and anything else it rubs up against. I'd go for an online or Kindle (do they have that?) subscription.