A good explanation of RSS and newsreaders, via All Day Permanent Red. On a recent TechRhet thread, some were favoring listservs over blogs because blogs are spread out, and you have to go to them; they don't come to you like email. One poster helpfully suggested newsreaders as a good pull technology for keeping up with the blogs (and Big Media online news publications) you like. Reading this article is a great way to get started with RSS.