[Bradford] What Tech/Computing News/Views/Articles sites do you read/follow ?

Tue Dec 11 23:20:46 UTC 2012

Oh I forgot. The site I use most is YouTube. Fantastic for getting an overview of tech topics and news.
Here are some from my subscription list:-
    CooLoserTech *
    coolsmartphone
    custompcreview
    goodereader
    gotbletu
    GREENPOWERSCIENCE
    Hak5Darren *
    InfinitelyGalactic *
    Joe
 Steiger
    jupiterbroadcasting *
    LinusTechTips
    Linux4UnMe
    LinuxSpatry
    metalx1000
    nixiedoeslinux
    nottinghamscience
    OAWALKER
    omgubuntu
    optikalefxx
    phpacademy
    quidsup *
    RaspberryPiBeginners
    RaspberryPiTutorials
    revision3
    ScienceChannel
    sneekylinux
    TechandMe
    TheDroidPro
    thegadgetshow
    thenewboston *
    TomRansonAppShow
    twildottv
    uandmeboth12
    UbuntuHelpGuy
    ubuntuweeklynews

 Videoorchard

Brian

________________________________
 From: Brian <bradlug at techchico.org.uk>
To: BradfordLinuxUserGroup <bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk> 
Sent: Tuesday, 11 December 2012, 23:07
Subject: Re: [Bradford] What Tech/Computing News/Views/Articles sites do you read/follow ?

I have over 30 feeds in my list.
They include feeds from :-
http://www.gizmag.com
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk
http://www.theregister.co.uk
http://www.cnet.co.uk

However, I don't tend to read much nowadays. I prefer to listen to podcasts. I have a cheap tablet that is dedicated to downloading podcasts. So now, instead of listening to Radio 4/World Service, as often is my want, I will listen to podcasts. I often pause a podcast and pick it up later. 

Here are some podcasts with the RSS feeds:-

1. Mintcast - not just about Mint, they chat about Linux in general. For example, the feature in the latest podcast was about logs. One of my favourites.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/mintcastpodcast?format=xml

2. PC Pro - Not just about Windows - They do sometimes talk about Linux and review hardware.

http://podcast.pcpro.co.uk/?feed=rss2

3. Sourcetrunk - Open source applications - and Belgian beer. 

http://feeds.feedburner.com/sourcetrunk_ogg
4. Innovations - Australian ideas and inventions. - Often the feed doesn't work.
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/podcast/feed/innovations
5. Ubuntu UK
http://feeds.feedburner.com/UbuntuUkPodcastMp3-high?format=xml
6. CNET UK
http://www.cnet.co.uk/feeds/podcasts/
7. Full Circle Magazine
http://fullcirclemagazine.org/category/podcast/feed
8. Tech Weekly from the Guardian newspaper.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/series/techweekly/rss
9.  Tux Radar - Linux Format Magazine - Not massively informative but good to listen to.
http://www.tuxradar.com/files/podcast/podcast_mp3.rss
10. Linux Action Show - Sometimes better to watch rather than just listen.
http://feeds2.feedburner.com/TheLinuxActionShow
11. Tech Snap - Not a lot of use to me but interesting - For Sys Admins.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/techsnapmp3?format=xml
12.  Tech talk Radio - Australian. Not listen for a while but it is a good podcast.
http://www.techtalkradio.com.au/ttr.xml
13. Frequencycast - Won a European award. General consumer electronics.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/frequencycast

There is the BBC Click Podcast but, IMHO, it is rubbish now.

There are others but the above are the main ones.

Brian

________________________________
 From: Alice Kaerast <alice at kaerast.info>
To: John R. Hudson <j.r.hudson at virginmedia.com> 
Cc: Bradlug Mailing list <bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk>; Dick Thomas <Dick at xpd259.co.uk> 
Sent: Tuesday, 11 December 2012, 22:24
Subject: Re: [Bradford] What Tech/Computing News/Views/Articles sites do you read/follow ?

Hi,

I find it absolutely impossible to keep up with blogs or news sites
making many/multiple posts a day.  Instead I opt for a combined
approach of weekly newsletters, and hive-mind filtering.

Depending on your interests and the job you're in, I'd recommend the
following weekly email newsletters:

devops weekly
ruby weekly
javascript weekly
html5 weekly
nosql weekly
tech leadership news

then to supplement that, I follow the right people on Twitter, hang
out in IRC at least one evening a week, and have regular lunches and
dinners with other people in my industry.  And I'll also occasionally
read hackurls.com
 when I find myself with some spare reading time.

I also wake up to BBC Radio 2 news and have breakfast until BBC 6
music news (currently), but only so as I don't look like a complete
idiot when scum masters start talking about who won X Factor this
week.  Then when I get into work there might be an email waiting for
me about any industry-specific news I need to know.

This is not a fool proof system, but I generally know enough to get
by.  Actually putting all of this incoming knowledge into practise
takes a lot more time, and so I tend to limit my non-tech,
non-industry news.  I was once challenged "how would your life be
different if you didn't know the name of the current prime minister",
and I'd encourage people to ask themselves the same question (I think
it's David Cameron, I may be wrong).

Regards
Alice

On 11 December 2012 15:40, John R. Hudson <j.r.hudson at virginmedia.com> wrote:
> https://www.linux.com/
>
> has a digest of a number of sites.
>
> John
> --
> On Tue, 2012-12-11 at 14:36 +0000, Dick Thomas wrote:
>> I read http://www.h-online.com/
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>> Dick
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>> On 11 December 2012 14:31, Nick Rhodes <nick at ngrhodes.co.uk> wrote:
>> > I currently have a selection of common sites BBC, Wired, TheVerge,
>> > Arstechica in my RSS reader that I view regularly, as well as dipping into
>> > less Journalistic  sites such as Groklaw and Slashdot.
>> >
>> > Just
 wondering if there is anything out there I am missing out on ?
>> >
>> > Cheers, Nick
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Mx Alice Kaerast
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