So this week I’ll be talking mostly about an RSS reader I’ve been using called Sage. There is also a quick review of: Things, Xyle Scope & Snitter.

Here is what they have to say.

“Sage is a lightweight RSS and Atom feed reader extension for Mozilla Firefox. It’s got a lot of what you need and not much of what you don’t.”

I’ve tried 3 different RSS readers.

1. Google Reader (its ok standard reader)
2. Mac Mail Reader (very nice, but I don’t like to see how many feed I haven’t read.)
3. Sage (so far so good, and I’ll tell you why)

Sage is a Firefox plugin, so if you’re not a foxy browser I’m sorry about this post. I like using Sage for a couple of different reasons.

1.) I don’t have to login to it. Option+Z and a side bar pops out with all my feeds. Select your feed and it comes up in the rest of the window. And not just the title of the posts or the titles on top and the selected post below. You get about 10 or so feeds (pending rss settings) all at once. Check it out ↓

2.) I don’t have to look at that mass of numbers telling me day in and day out how many feeds that I have failed to read. (again and again and again) Kinda like how I wish books didn’t have numbers on the pages. (not sure if thats a good idea though)

3.) It’s clean to look at, easy to add feeds and there is only one window to mess with. (Tabs people, learn them and use them)

Review

• Snitter is another Twitter App - Info: Adobe Air, Clean, A lot like Twhirl, No Adds
• Things: Culture Code - Recommended by: CJ - Info: Organization, Intuitive Clean Interface. I really liked this Program, but my subscription ran out really fast. I’m thinking about buying it. (its much better than having Stickies all over the place.)
• Xyle Scope: Culture Code - Info: HTML Breakdown. Check out the Code for your sites and other sites by browsing with Xyle Scope. It has sidebar windows that show the code as you select it with your mouse. (This one is hard to explain in short terms, you have to see it in action.) Very Cool.

Why?

I like Web Application that are easy and worth using, and I find myself blabbing about them all to often. So, in order to focus my ideas and keep myself from blabbing too much, I am going to do one post a week about Programs for Web use.

~ if you like short posts, forget about What I’m Thinking…

What I’m Thinking is…

There is a crapload of Programs out there being used for every different part of the web, and there are a million different Reviews for every product. I would like to know what the day to day bloggers use, not just the review guys.

I’ve always thought that I would suck at being a sales person, that was until I bought a Mac. Now I know that I could work in a Mac store and not feel like I’m ripping people off. Why, because I actually like Mac’s. Same goes for most products. You might use a product, but would you feel good about selling it?

Review↓

I’ll keep this simple and short…

• Woopra, Stats App A+
  Still in Beta testing, but it’s amazing. If you’re a stats person you should look. Requires Standard Membership w/approval, copy & past of code.
• Twitterrific, Twitter App A+
  Requires Adobe Air, Very Stable, Looks Good, Fun sounds of Birds to let you know of new Tweets, and an easy to use interface. how could twitter be hard, right…
• Here is what they say…
  Sage is a lightweight RSS and Atom feed reader extension for Mozilla Firefox. It’s got a lot of what you need and not much of what you don’t.

  I’ll save this one for next time…

That’s it for this week… If there’s any Program you use that you really like lets here it. Even if it’s as simple as a browser. (i like firefox, but it has its issues)

This was a really good Movie. I like these types of movies with actual character development, and a lack of that unnecessary retarded Character that doesn’t need to be there. You know the ones that are only there for the kids and people who need comic relief.

Oh yeah, stick around through the extremely long credits, there is a little tidbit in the end with a teaser for sequel.

Here are my quick thoughts on “The Forbidden Kingdom“. I think it was written for American audiences. It was a fun movie, worth seeing, maybe not in the theater but thats up to you.