Can't Blink

Seems like you can’t blink these days, or you just might miss out on some new means of communicating or collecting information. Email and the web still rule, but gaining control of our information seems to be an increasing priority. Scuttlebutt has been offering the RSS feature since last year, which allows the web-version of the Scuttlebutt newsletter to be delivered to special “reader” software that collects new information from websites that have been subscribed to.

A twist to the RSS subscription concept is Bloglines.com, which is a web-based reader that searches for items that you have indicated. No software to download – simply register as a new user and you can instantly begin accessing your account any time, from any computer or mobile device. One of the features of Bloglines.com is that you can have your email subscriptions go to your Bloglines.com account rather than your email client, so as to help minimize some of the email that comes to your inbox each day. Instead of the Scuttlebutt e-Newsletter going to your personal or business email account, it can now go to your Bloglines.com account.

While we haven’t tried out the Mobile version of Bloglines.com that is optimized for handheld computers and cell phones, we imagine it could provide another resource for sailors to get their daily fix of Scuttlebutt, regardless of where they are. Given that RSS readers and bloglines.com are free, the growth of these ideas are only limited to whether you happened to blink at the time they found you. - Craig Leweck

Details on RSS: http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/rss
Details on Bloglines.com: http://www.bloglines.com/about