As you may have heard, we're big fans of RSS here at ReadWriteWeb. We've covered many RSS readers, aggregators, sites, and services in the past and have provided RSS tips in posts like "Seven Tips for Making the Most of Your RSS Reader" and "6 Ways to Filter Your RSS Feeds." We also like reading feeds and sharing some of our favorites with our readers. Over the past year or so, we've provided access to many RSS feeds and OPML files we thought our readers would enjoy. However, until now, those files have been spread out amongst our archived posts. Today, you can get access to all the RSS resources we've shared with you right here.
ReadWriteWeb Network
Of course, we have to begin by sharing our own feeds with you. The ReadWriteWeb network has several different feeds you can subscribe to, including:
RWW Network Feeds
- ReadWriteWeb
- ReadWriteWeb Weekly Wrap-Up
- ReadWriteTalk (RSS)
- ReadWriteTalk (Add to iTunes)
- Last100
- AltSearchEngines
Some of the RWW Network writers also maintain their own personal sites you can subscribe to:
RWW Network Bloggers OPML (Download Here)
- Marshall Kirkpatrick (Personal)
- Josh Catone (Tumblog)
- Sarah Perez (Personal)
- Corvida (Personal)
- Sean Ammirati (Personal)
- Alex Iskold (Personal)
- Steve O'Hear (ZDNet)
Or just grab a "Best Of" OPML file for all of these: (Download Here)
RSS/OPML Files We've Shared
Our primary OPML resources come from this January post called "What's Next on the Web: a ReadWriteWeb Toolkit for 2008," where we put together OPML files for the biggest trends in 2008: Open Data, Recommendation, Semantic Web, Mobile, and Visualization. From the post "WikiLeaks, Censorship and the Watchdog Web," we provided readers with many ways to keep track of leaks and news, one of which was a Governement Watchdogs Site OPML file. When we wrote about "How to Find the Weirdest Stuff on the Internet," we provided a "Best of the Weird Hunting Blogs" RSS feed created with Yahoo Pipes. And yesterday, on the article about "Why Gen Y Is Going to Change the Web," we rounded up some of the best Gen Y blogs into one OPML file.
Below you can get access to either the RSS or the OPML files for the feeds we've shared:
ReadWriteWeb 2008 Toolkit OPML Files (Save Each Link to Download File)
- RWW Open Data Feed Favorites OPML file
- RWW Recommendation Industry Feed Favorites OPML file
- RWW Semantic Web Feed Favorites OPML file
- RWW Mobile Feed Favorites OPML file
- RWW Visualization Feed Favorites OPML file
ReadWriteWeb 2008 Toolkit RSS Feeds (Subscribe - Copy & Paste to Your Reader)
- RWW Open Data Feeds - Best of Feed
- RWW Recommendation Industry Feeds - Best of Feed
- RWW SemWeb Feeds - Best of Feed
- RWW Mobile Feeds - Best of Feed
- RWW Visualization Feeds - Best of Feed
Government Watchdogs OPML (Download Here)
Best of the Weird Hunting Blogs RSS (Subscribe Here)
Gen Y Greatest Hits OPML (Download Here)
- Ypulse
- My Gen Y Life
- Twenty Set
- Our American Shelf Life
- Millennial Leaders
- Lisa's Generation Relations Blog
- Modite
- Life Before Noon
- Generation Y Voodoo
- Personal Branding Blog
- Newly Corporate
- The Marketing Student
- Young and Frugal
- Employee Evolution
- PR Interactive
You can preview these RWW feeds in the widget below:
Bonus Content!
In the past, Marshall had also put together five of his favorite OPML on his personal site.
International Free Speech News (Download Here)
Not local, not issue specific, not necessarily from any particular perspective but big picture, popular news from folks who focus on environmental issues.
Contains:
- ACLU free speech press releases
- Article 19: Campaign for Global Free Expression
- Index on Censorship
- Institute for War and Peace Reporting
- Amnesty International news
Big Picture Eco News (Download Here)
Not local, not issue specific, not necessarily from any particular perspective but big picture, popular news from folks who focus on environmental issues.
Contains:
- Popular recent items tagged "environment" in Del.icio.us
- Environmental News Network
- Gristmill, the blog of Grist.org
- Sprol.com, using maps and pictures to examine eco troubles world wide
- Tree Hugger, eco news for the hip and urban
- WorldChanging, a great group blog on many issues including eco solutions.
Non Profit/Net Squared (Download Here)
Feeds from non profit groups using Web 2.0 tools to share news about the non profit sector.
Contains:
- The 501c3 Cast, a great podcast about non profit work.
- Items tagged Net2 in Del.icio.us, a news wire promoted by Net Squared
- Net Squared Interviews, interviews of folks using Web 2.0 tools explicitly for social good.
- Net Squared Blog, group blog by staff and participants in the Net Squared community.
- Non Profit Online News, long one of the most respected sources on the subject.
- Today in Tech Soup, news from the non profit technology assistance group Tech Soup, parent of Net Squared.
Political Audio (Download Here)
Three of the most moving and informative news audio shows online.
Contains:
- Democracy Now!, a daily hour of powerful media.
- Free Speech Radio News, daily half hour from correspondents around the world.
- The Global Shortwave Report, weekly highlights from English language shortwave radio world wide - a paradigm shaker.
Vlogs - Video Blog (Download Here)
Contains:
- Andy Carvin's Waste of Bandwidth - Video, world traveling social justice multi media activist.
- Brave New Television
- Geek Entertainment TV, funny interviews with interesting people in the Web 2.0 world
- Vlog - Flux, awesome radical street videography



