Mutant/GSA trainee
Joined: 15 Oct 2004
Posts: 81
Location: Romania
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While I am mod of this forum, I wanted to get some writing done, so I'll start with a post on Making the most of news.
Here is a possible receipe:
I've set my home page on http://news.bbc.co.uk/ which is a great site. I even found 1945 news records in its archives. Together with its learning and radio daughter-sites, it's a great resource for anything newsworthy. But also for some ramblings too, as the Editor's column suggests http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4274940.stm . Their technology section http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/default.stm is devoted mainly to e-news, which is something we all want to be in touch with.
Leaving my homepage, I head for e-mail. I happen to use Yahoo! mostly, though I can't say that their Headlines box on the first Yahoo! Mail page is very useful. Opening my Inbox I usually see the newsletter from The Economist which, as news and comments magazines go, is the best you could possibly get. Their site is at www.economist.com and is worth a visit, though you'll probably find anything useful in the mailings. The red squares signify Premium Content but the free one is about enough. Check Buttonwoods for some economic insights.
If I happen to find some names or dates which I don't know, I go to Google. Recently, it has grown from a search engine to an e-giant, surpassing even Rupert Murdoch's Time Warner in its total share value. Don't miss its News Page http://news.google.com/. Take some time and customize it. It's a one-time process [if you keep your cookies] and it pays. You get unbiased news [robots don't vote] from a variety of sources. Hint: Read just one link per headline. They usually are all wired, which means that you'll get more or less the same text all over. By reading only one link you'll have more time for the rest of the headlines. Also, look for the word "subscription" because you don't want payed-for sites.
If you are a happy Yahoo! user, it is worth checking their customized News Page too. You need an Yahoo! account and much more time than for Google, but you'll get to select your sources and have different content on one page.
MSN also has My MSN which is also customizable. I really like the option of rearranging the columns on the page with drag and drop, something not offered by other services readily. What I don't like is the money-first-content-later approach wich means less content and more commercials found if you click on the links provided, and also a lot of junk.
After looking at all these pages, you're probably tired and you go along looking for something else. Which I'll also do right now.... |
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