How Do You Use RSS?

It has been almost three years since I started using an RSS reader to track websites. And today I use it for much the same reason as when I started: I subscribe to feeds of websites that I check often and then use the reader to catch up on those pages at my leisure, knowing that the newest material is always there waiting for me. It’s like having a magazine made up of various sources of my choice.

That’s just one person’s RSS story, and we would like to hear yours. If you are reading this weblog, you probably have a NewsGator, FeedDemon or NetNewsWire account or are using RSS through your Outlook program or your mobile phone. And no doubt, there are things about NewsGator, FD or NNW that you like, others that you don’t, and some features that you can’t live without or perhaps can’t live with.

So tell us: How do you use RSS? In your reader? On your phone? At the grocery store? In the park? Which NewsGator features are most useful? Which are the least helpful? Has RSS improved the way you work or the way you interact with the Internet? Do you save time using RSS? What have you learned by accident, by just using the product?

As an incentive, we are offering NewsGator product licenses for the best stories and use cases, horror and otherwise, including popular products like FeedDemon (for Windows users), NetNewsWire (for Mac folks), NewsGator Go for your mobile device or NewsGator Inbox (for Outlook), most of them a $30 value. We think NewsGator offers a good feed-reading experience, but we want to know what you think.

So don’t be shy. Send us an email at newsgatortales@newsgator.com and tell us your NewsGator story. We are all ears. We will choose the best stories, print them (with your permission) and announce prize winners soon in this space.