Over at downloadsquad.com, they posted an entry about Feed Journal, a RSS to print solution that formats your RSS feeds (i.e. blogs) in a newspaper format for easy printing. They are quick to point out that printing feeds is not very useful and uses up paper (therefore, bad for the environment). For Kindle owners however, this solution provides an interesting alternative to getting blogs over to your Kindle for free (or for 10 cents a pop if you want automated wireless delivery).
I created an account, included some feeds and selected my options, saved the generated content and mailed it to my Kindle. Wham! There are all of the blogs that I regularly read with the latest postings from the day in one document on my Kindle. Better yet, the text came across such that I can resize it as I can with text in a normal e-book.
I can probably take this one step further for a completely automated solution. Use Apple’s automater to perform the above steps automatically and in sequence on a daily basis. Pretty cool.
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Hi I’m curious to know how the images come out in the Kindle with a Feedjournal generated pdf?
I’ve created a “Daily” Newspaper online with the Feedjournal Publisher, you can check it out here:
http://www.scribd.com/groups/view/4813-newspapers
or at: http://www.LibertyNewsprint.com
I don’t have a Kindle so I can’t test it out for myself! Thanks.
~Becks
Yeah!! (Wrings hands)! Nice blog you have here. I’ve enjoyed much reading your last posts. Keep it that way.
so just curious…what is your overall opinion of the Kindle? Does it strain your eyes or is it pretty easy on them? How is the connectivity with a Mac?
Brian – You can see my full review of the Kindle here:
http://interface.puhala.com/2007/12/05/hands-on-amazon-kindle-review/
But in brief, yes the Kindle is very easy on the eyes, much like a regular book. It is not like traditional LCD/backlit screens.
Regarding Mac Connectivity, it just appears as a flash drive. If you have a SD card in your Kindle, both the Kindle and the SD card appear as separate flash drives on your Mac desktop/Finder.
My Kindle is on order. I’m eager to get my hands on it.
I like your idea of emailing blog feeds, but wouldn’t it be just as easy to set up a Bloglines website with all the feeds I want to read, then simply go to the website? Or is it easier on the eyes to read it when emailed, as you suggested.