I’ve said a few times before that one reason I like Twitter is because it’s like a constantly flowing river of links and informational tidbits. Unlike with RSS, I don’t feel obligated to read every single thing that appears on Twitter. Instead, I just dip my toe into the stream whenever I have some free moments.
But what about when you don’t get a chance to check in with Twitter? Isn’t it possible you might miss something?
That’s where the nifty tool paper.li comes in. It creates a daily newspaper-like web page from the links tweeted by the people you follow. (Here’s mine.) You can read it with your morning coffee, just like a real newspaper (but without all the obnoxious ink stains or ungainly page folding).
I like the way paper.li sorts the last day’s tweets into categories like Arts & Entertainment, Health and Technology. The top stories are featured on the front page, but you can click through to view all the stories in any particular category. The front page embeds all tweeted photos and videos, making them much easier to browse. One or two of the day’s popular hashtags are also featured.
You can set up a newspaper for a person’s Twitter feed or a specific hashtag or list that you want to follow. This tool makes it a lot easier to keep up with what’s going down on Twitter — but again, only when you want to.
[via W5 Blog]
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