reBlog : Server Side Feed Reader

May 9th, 2006

Server side feed reader and publisher reBlog lets you keep track of your feeds easily and effectively.

A reBlog facilitates the process of filtering and republishing relevant content from many RSS feeds. reBloggers subscribe to their favorite feeds, preview the content, and select their favorite posts. These posts can be automatically published through their favorite blogging software.

Lifehacker provides a step-by-step tutorial on how to install and use reBlog on your own PHP/MySQL server, along with a video demo of how to use reBlog. They say ReBlog is a more efficient web-based reader that gets them through feeds faster than Bloglines.

So how do I save more time with reBlog? I think it has to do with reBlog letting me split my task of feed reading into skimming and reading in-depth on two separate pages. I can churn through 150 new items each morning in a few minutes and pluck out the 10-15 best ones to look at when I�m done skimming. Once I jump to the Published Feed, I can forget about the other 90% of items that weren�t interesting and focus my attention on the few that were.

Reblog 2.0 is the official version and includes beta versions of the Movable Type and WordPress plugins.

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