Everyone, and I mean everyone with a PC needs to go grab a copy of feed demon. I am going to keep harping about how valuable RSS aggregators are until everyone is using one. Once again – simplify your internet experience and increase exponentially the amount of data you can cram into your head. Get started with aggregators, once you have the ‘ah HA!’ moment and realize how useful a tool they are you’ll never want to be stuck manually visiting your favorite news and info sites again.

Mac users are still fine with NetWireNews, nothing’s come out that’s remotely close.

newsmonster is another interesting cross platform (requires mozilla) solution, it’s coolest feature is how it is trying to tie the USE of content into a ranking system, ie it’s trying to help you figure out which content is worth looking into. I’m giving them more time to finish though, right now the concept is stronger than the implementation.

I’ll close with yet another appeal – go get started with aggregators. How many times in the past 15 years have I succesfully promoted techs that ended up being useful to the folks who read this weblog, from email to web browsers to instant messenging, even to 3d accelerators for crying out loud. This is the next ‘thing.’ Trust me, and go get one and actually spend the time to learn how it works, your head will be better off for it.