Some may ask the question, how do you keep up with all the news shooting through the vast cyberspace?
Take a deep breath. Being calm is the first step to anything. Then think. Have you heard of RSS? You probably have, if not, I'll give you a quick rundown.
An RSS allows you to subscribe to a feed. For following news, I use news-feeds. You can usually find the RSS by searching a site that hosts them (like pretty much and news site). You can also search for one through Google (try Googling: CBC RSS). Then, you need a reader. I use Google Reader. I subscribe to the Huffington Post, Tech Crunch, CBC, BBC, Wired, and a variety of newspapers.
Because I hardly check the reader directly, I have the reader as a gadget on my iGoogle homepage. This homepage is also one of the pages my browser opens on start-up; therefore, I am forced to quickly glance at the news every time I want to use the internet.
No, you don't have to read every single article. I quickly scroll through them until I find one that has an eye-catching title. Then I read the summary. Usually the summary tells you what happened. If still intrigued, I may read the article.
Feeds are free, easy, and quick to use. I am a University student. I am cheap and have very little time on my hands. I highly suggest the use RSS to catch the daily news.
Besides, I can't even afford cable or newspapers. But this--this just costs me a few seconds here and there.
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