Techie Learning Tech

This wasn't something mentioned in class (at least I don't think so), but I wanted to blog about it because I've been using it a lot lately and have fallen in love with it. It's a service called Instapaper, and you can use it to archive copies of articles you come across on the Web for later perusal.

The reason I find it so useful is that I've recently become addicted to RSS feeds and Twitter, so I'm constantly being inundated with a neverending torrent of articles that I don't have time to read. At the same time, there's some that catch my eye and I don't want them to get lost in the pit of tweets and blogs where I can't find them later. Luckily Instapaper has both a website and excellent apps for iPhone and iPad. Also, the RSS aggregator I use, NewsRack (for iPhone/iPad) which syncs with Google Reader, has a "Send to Instapaper" feature. Twitterrific, the Twitter client I use for iPhone/iPad, also has this feature.

Everytime I open the iPhone or iPad app for Instapaper, it syncs with the website and makes a local copy of all the articles I've marked for archival. This is especially handy for plane trips or other places where I don't have Internet, because I have tons of content to read, all stored locally!