Most of us have many favorite sites, but there’s just not enough time each day to check all of them. The good thing is, you don’t have to directly visit your favorite sites to keep up with their latest content. Here at AppStorm, we already have 6 unique sites with new content daily, not to mention all of our sister sites from Envato. Plus, who would want to miss out on the latest the John Gruber has to say on the Daring Fireball?
That’s where RSS comes in. RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication, and it’s a simple XML format that lets you subscribe to sites using apps such as Google Reader or Fever. However, if you subscirbe to too many sites, it can quickly become a chore to keep up with everything.
Social networks are great for keeping up with sites, but if you’re not online when an update is posted, you might end up missing it. And if you’ve got 100 email newsletters coming in every day, it’s going to be very hard to achieve Inbox Zero.
That’s why we’re curious: How do you prefer to keep up with your favorite sites? I use a combination of Google Reader (for the most important sites), Twitter (for popular topics from news and more), and then visit some sites such as A List Apart just because they’re so nice to read on. What’s the perfect mix for you?