Haven’t yet found a great news aggregate. For now Google News, iCurrent – and popurls on the odd occasion – suffice. iCurrent is my favourite, great for personalizing news stories of interest. Nothing fancy, but as you use it it and give feedback on links, it evolves more and more to taste. You can fit a lot of one-liner text-only headings on one page, which is how I prefer the news displayed. More bang for your buck.
Problem is that (especially recently) these headings are often misleading. Not sensationalized, but distracted completely from the real topic. Only realize after you’ve clicked through that you realize the article is of no interest to you whatsoever. Boo on that. This double-meaning works beautifully in print, a butter churn of wit and creativity. But online, when you want specific information, it just seems crass. Tabloid-y and cheap, and not what you want from ‘serious’ media.
I do see the other side of it too though. Having four or five measly words to capture a reader’s fleeting glance. A competition of type.
Still… annoying! 😛
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