New RSS Feed and Subscription Methods

One of the drawbacks of putting your faith in Google is that occasionally they cease support for the products that you love. See iGoogle and...

Digg Reader - Another New Google Reader Alternative

This weekend is the last weekend that Google Reader will work. If you haven't found a replacement for Google Reader yet, here's anot...

FlowReader Makes It Easy to Transfer Google Reader Subscriptions

Google Reader users have 13 days left to figure out how they are going to subscribe to and read their favorite blogs after Google Reader shu...

Feedspot - A Simple Google Reader Replacement

Next month Google Reader will be gone for good. If you haven't found a replacement for it yet, you should do so soon. I'm using Feed...

The Old Reader - A Google Reader Alternative That Looks A Lot Like Google Reader

Ever since Google announced that Reader will be shut-down on July 1 I have been recommending Feedly and Flipboard as alternatives. Both of...

The Ten Blogs I Read First

I've published lists like these in the past. The last time I did was last summer. Someone just emailed me asking for a list of the blogs...

Google Announces the Closure of Google Reader - Don't Panic, Use Feedly

Google Reader may have had a bigger influence on my life in the ed tech world than any other single app or service. Since the day I started ...

Backstit.ch - Another iGoogle Alternative

Google is closing iGoogle in November and I know that there are quite a few readers who are looking for some alternatives to it. If you are ...

Still Crazy After All These Years - Crazy About RSS

I still remember the first time I saw Google Reader in action. I was instantly in love it! Without a doubt RSS feeds and Google Reader are t...

How Do You Keep Up With All of This?

How do you keep up with all of this?  That's a question I am often asked after giving a presentation or when I meet people at conference...

Wibbitz is an Interesting Way to View Blog Posts

Wibbitz is a new service designed to turn text-based blog posts into an interactive video. The basic function of Wibbitz appears to be gra...

RSS or How Do You Keep Up With All of This?

How do you keep up with all of this? That's a question I am often asked after giving a presentation or when I meet people at conference...

So You Want to Reuse a Blog Post?

I often come across blogs that are reusing the content of other blogs without the author's permission. Unfortunately, I've even seen...

Week in Review - The Most Popular Posts

It's Saturday morning in Maine and as I do every week, I've compiled a list of the seven most popular posts of the last week. Here a...

Update for Email Subscribers

Many email subscribers have reported that they are not receiving regular emails from Free Technology for Teachers . This appears to be a pro...

Week in Review - Most Popular Items

By the time you read this I should be sitting in a boat on Kennebago Lake in pursuit of Brook Trout. It's important for all of us to ta...

Week in Review - Most Popular Items

It's Saturday morning in Maine, the spring weather has finally arrived, but before I go outside and enjoy the nice weather I'll post...

Stop Publishing Your Email Address in Your RSS Feed

Everyday I see Blogger users publish their full email addresses with "@" symbols in their blogs' RSS feed. While there is not...

Create an RSS Feed for Any Website

Earlier this week Google announced an enhancement to Google Reader that allows you to subscribe to updates to any website regardless of wh...

Two Lesser Known Google Docs Options

Today, quite by accident, I discovered a couple of things about Google Docs that I had not previously seen. I'm sure these options have...