Problem statement: I have a bunch of links to sites that update infrequently (think monthly or quarterly magazines) and I want to remember to go read them when they’ve updated.
RSS isn’t a great solution since almost all sites spam out constant low-value content which I’d prefer to not be bombarded with - I just want to see the main updates, similarly to how I’d have received a magazine in the mail, in the past.
The basic answer here is just keep a list of links and remember to click them, and that’s what I do, but it feels like there could be a better solution…
How do you handle this?
I bookmark them in a folder named “Monthly”. Once a month, I right-click on that bookmark folder and open them all.
I also have similar folders called “Daily” and “Weekly”.
I set a recurring reminder in my calendar to remember to open the weekly and monthly ones, so I don’t have to keep track of whether I did or not.
Simple bookmarks i visit manually is what i‘m doing
some RSS readers allow you to run filters on specific feeds BUT if those feeds are happily padding out their off-season, chances are they’re keeping it generic enough there’s nothing to filter against :(
Calendar entry?
There are sites that inform you once the website changes via email. Alternatively RSS feeds are still a thing. Yahoo pipes allows you to build your own RSS feeds from websites that don’t have one.
Fraidycat is a cool RSS reader that let you organize your feeds in different frequency tabs so you don’t have the issue you just described
I used to use a plugin called daily coffee which would open sites on a particular schedule that I would set up.
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