Need help keeping an eye on the internet
February 20, 2008 10:04 AM   Subscribe

I'm trying to keep an eye out for everything related to new restaurants, events, gadgets, etc. in the San Francisco area. I'm trying to use del.icio.us, but it hasn't been too helpful, any other ideas?
posted by domakesaypat to Computers & Internet (6 answers total) 4 users marked this as a favorite
 
I assume you read Eater SF.
posted by arco at 10:07 AM on February 20, 2008


Response by poster: Yea, I've got a pretty long list of sites to keep an eye on, I was hoping for something that would keep an eye on them for me.
posted by domakesaypat at 10:14 AM on February 20, 2008


Best answer: Have you tried Update Scanner? Or, if you want to pay for it, Check&Get is very good. These programs will alert you when a site is updated.
posted by arco at 10:22 AM on February 20, 2008


If you don't already use a feed-reader, you should start. Google Reader is free, easy, functional, and quick to set up.
posted by ourobouros at 10:43 AM on February 20, 2008


I also use Google Reader and tag important items with a star. I then funnel events to upcoming.org which is pulled into my Google Calendar, bookmark restaurants in Yelp, add articles to read in Instapaper, and post interesting gadgets, pictures, links, and songs to my tumblr. It seems like a lot of work but I've got bookmarklets for almost everything so it's seldom more than a single button click away. I used to use delicious for universal tagging but have found that using a federation of optimized websites did a better job.
posted by junesix at 11:18 AM on February 20, 2008


Website-Watcher is good too.
posted by lunchbox at 10:29 PM on February 20, 2008


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