★★★★☆
A nice, lightweight feed reader for Linux that does the basics: lets you subscribe to RSS and Atom feeds and read the new posts when you feel like it. Does its job, doesn’t hog resources, and stays out of the way.
Downsides: Doesn’t sync your subscriptions and read/unread status with anything. If you need that, I recommend NewsFlash.
★★★☆☆
I used to really like Feedly. It’s web-based, so you can jump around to any desktop or laptop. I used an IFTTT app to save bookmarked posts to Pocket. And it’s got a good Android app that’s easy to use and works well. But lately they seem to have been focusing more and more on the business use cases of “keep an eye on your competitors/market/employees/latest trends/whatever” and getting pushy over their paid tiers. And they still haven’t done anything about the basic use case of downloading the RSS/Atom when there’s a connection so you can read them offline. There are plenty of places where cell service is sparse, slow or flaky, and plenty of situations (say, you’re riding a train to work) where cell data isn’t even possible, and they don’t all have wi-fi.
I’ve since switched to self-hosting NextCloud News, and syncing my subscriptions and read/unread status across mobile and desktop apps like NewsFlash.
I’ve been cross-posting my book reviews to online bookstores I’ve bought from, and I recently picked up some used books from Better World Books (which I’ve heard good things about). They do show reader reviews, but I couldn’t see an option to actually submit a review.
Just as well, because when I went looking, I found that, unlike most sites that accept user-submitted content, they actually do claim copyright over it, not just the usual “perpetual non-exclusive royalty-free license” that every site uses and occasionally someone notices and misinterprets as claiming ownership.
All communications, comments, feedback, bug reports, suggestions, ideas, content, and other submissions submitted to Better World Books through the Sites (collectively, “Submissions”) shall be and remain Better World Books’ property with all worldwide rights, titles and interests in all copyrights and other intellectual property in such Submissions hereby being assigned to Better World Books by you.
– Better World Books: Terms of Use
OUCH!
So…not going to cross-post there. (FWIW, Amazon, B&N, Kobo and Books A Million all agree that you retain your copyrights, and they only claim the usual non-exclusive license that their lawyers require in order to actually show your post.)
Chris Hallbeck
★★★★★
Hilarious and heartwarming tale of a girl and the monster who lives under her bed. Mostly one-off gags and short stories, arranged loosely into an arc where they meet, become friends, and learn about the “real” and monster worlds from each other.
★★★★★
Works great. You only have to set it up once (unless you’re adding or removing new lists/calendars), and then it seamlessly syncs your address books, calendars and tasks between your CardDAV or CalDAV server and your Android device, and you can use them with any app on your phone that uses the system calendars and contacts.
I can use my Nextcloud contacts with K-9, GMail, the built-in Contacts app or Fossify Contacts, and even for phone calls. OpenTasks works great for my to-do list. And I can use my Nextcloud Calendars with anything from Simple Fossify Calendar up through the Google Calendar app, and it all syncs up and down.
Note: With Nextcloud, syncing may be faster with an app-specific password.