“All the News that’s Fit to Link” ™ can be yours with a news aggregator. Dennis Kennedy explains the technology and reviews the software now available in Beating Information Overload with News Aggregators on the ABA’s Law Practice Management section of its website. An excerpt:
“What, then, are the benefits of news aggregators and news feeds?
- You don’t have to visit each source site individually. Once you find a site with a feed and “subscribe” to the feed via your aggregator, you get your information without taking affirmative steps to visit the site.
- You can review new information from a large number of sites in a short time.
- You can sort your feeds into groups categorized by subject.
- You can add and delete feeds easily.
- Because you receive information via feeds in a highly useful manner, you can deal with the information quickly and efficiently.
That last point captures the essential usefulness of news aggregators, especially for lawyers: We can take on and handle more information while simultaneously improving the quality and relevance of the information we receive.”
