Trimming in Public is a series where I go through my list of 293 RSS feeds, 10 feeds at a time, give some detail as to why I subscribed to a particular feed, and then decide whether or not to keep on consuming that feed. In Episode 1, I explained what RSS is and how to use it. Please read that if you need a refresher on why RSS is awesome and why you should be using it if you take reading news on the internet seriously. The prefix to Trimming in Public is “Becoming a better blogger, reader and helping me take out the trash.” For the bloggers out there who read IntoMobile, I hope you get a better idea of what I do to keep on top of the news. For the readers who read IntoMobile, I know that this site isn’t the only mobile focused technology publication on the internet, and by sharing which sites I read I’m hoping that you’ll keep on coming back here. Taking out the trash has an obvious explanation, I can’t keep up with my RSS feeds and need to trim my list. For those who want to download my complete list of 293 RSS feeds, feel free to grab my OPML file.
Check out Episode 15 after the jump, and all episodes by clicking on the Trimming in Public tag:
In case you didn’t get the memo, I restarted this series yesterday. Read Episode 14 if you missed it. Today’s Episode is where I hit the letter “N” in full force so expect a lot of Nokia stuff to be here.
- Nokia Music Podcast: Nokia used to have a music blog, similar to Disco Dust, managed by … I can’t remember his name. I should, he gave me a Nokia N93 a long, long, long time ago. Anyway, dead RSS feed, unsubscribing, will not count towards today’s list of 10.
- Nokia PC Suite news: Always wanted to know how I know about firmware updates for Nokia devices? This RSS feed has them all. The sad thing about this RSS feed is that it is usually late and most users discover updates for their device before this feed is updated. I find out via Twitter, or other blogs, about software updates for Nokia devices before Nokia’s own official RSS feed. That’s a bit … sad, don’t you think? Decision: Unsubscribe.
- Nokia Phones: Phone Reviews and News: This blog hasn’t been updated in over a year. I can’t even remember why I subscribed to it, probably because it is a Nokia focused blog and if you can’t tell by now, I’m a huge Nokia fanboi. Decision: Unsubscribe.
- Nokia Press Bulletin Board: An official Nokia blog for press people, and it usually has press releases that Nokia doesn’t deem significant enough to put on the proper Nokia Press site. I can’t understand why this blog exists, but hey, it is what it is. Nokia’s strategy of having one million billion blogs, twitter accounts, and websites set up to communicate their message seems slightly retarded, and I know someone who is trying to fix that, but he keeps on running into a brick wall since many of the internal groups don’t talk to each other. One day, when the average age of employees at Nokia headquarters isn’t 40, Nokia’s communication strategy will be sound. Until that happens, enjoy the madness. Decision: I need to read this blog for my job.
- Nokia Press Releases: Nokia’s official RSS feed for press people. Decision: This isn’t even up for debate, of course I’m going to subscribe to this.
- Nokia S60 3rd Edition Applications Review: Dead RSS feed, dead site, unsubscribing, will not count towards today’s list of 10.
- Nokia S60 3rd Edition Applications Review: This is the new RSS feed that replaces the dead one above. This blog is/was written by Zach Epstein and hasn’t been updated in a year. If Zach’s name sounds familiar to you, it is because he still blogs. You’ve probably read his stuff on The Boy Genius Report. Decision: Blog no longer updated, writer now works for a respectable website, unsubscribe.
- Nokia Software Update News: Duplicate feed, the exact same as number 2 on today’s list. Unsubscribing, will not count towards today’s list of 10.
- Nokia Technology Media Briefing: Nokia used to have an RSS feed that spit out podcasts with people explaining new technology and how it is going to impact Nokia’s strategy. I think it used to be active back in 2007, but can’t remember exactly. Either way, it hasn’t been updated in ages. Decision: Unsubscribe.
- Nokia World Blog: Dead RSS feed, was probably used to track the events coming out of Nokia World one year. Decision: Death = Unsubscribe.
- Nokia World Blog: The RSS feed above in my read twice for some strange reason. The URLs differ slightly. Decision: Death = Unsubscribe, but it is a duplicate so I’m not counting it towards today’s list of 10.
- NokiaCast: Blog has not been updated in over 2 years. This used to be a podcast run by AME Info, which is like Bloomberg, but for the Middle East. Decision: No updates in 2+ years, unsubscribe.
- NotebookReview.com – The Webs Best Source For Laptop Notebook: My favorite website for laptop reviews. I usually get a laptop every 2 years, and I’ve had mine for about 2.5 now. Waiting on quad core chips that have low enough power consumption to last at least 3 hours on battery and cost less than 1500 EUR before replacing my bulletproof Lenovo ThinkPad T61 that now has 4 GB of RAM and a 500 GB 7200 RPM hard drive thanks to a recent upgrade. Decision: I’ll definitely keep reading this, I love notebooks.
- Nseries Arena Blog: Dead site. Unsubscribing, but not counting toward today’s list of 10.
- NYT Movies: The New York Times movie reviews section. I have no idea why I read this since they usually review movies that I can’t pirate because they’re not out yet or are too niche to even be pirated. My memory is so bad that I can’t be bothered to read a review of a film, keep it in my head for a few months, and then remember the details when I see the film show up on Bit Torrent. Decision: Unsubscribe.
Not as epic as the 1600 word list yesterday, but that’s because today had a lot of duplicates and dead RSS feeds. Notice how many Nokia blogs used to exist and now no longer don’t? When the Nokia N95 came out, it was the most epic device on the face of the planet, and then a year later the iPhone was launched and many of these blogs stopped updating. Is that a coincidence? I can count on one hand the number of Nokia/Symbian blogs I used to read when I started out (November 2006) that are still here today. Anyway, down to 175 RSS feeds. I’m thrilled.