One of the key problems as a web designer is the fact that things change so quickly and staying on top of the new ideas, styles, web trends, SEO methods and browser updates can be challenging and time consuming. One of the easiest things to do to combat this is to use RSS feeds. This is not something new - many people have them built into their Google or other custom homepage - but what can be challenging is adding all the important feeds. Especially if you don’t have an RSS reader setup.

Lucky for you I just did this and felt that since it is so time consuming, I would share the results of my effort with you - in case you are new to web designing and don’t have an RSS feed and/or reader or you simply want to supplement your feeds with some of mine.

First, if you don’t have an RSS reader I recommend GreatNews - it’s a freeware version that so far seems to be doing ok. As I mentioned before though, if you have a Google or Yahoo account, they have them built in as well as Firefox.

As for getting your feeds setup, you can download mine here. They are in .doc format so you will have to open and save them as .xml (or possibly .opml) for it to work correctly. I am not an expert with XML conversion, so if it doesn’t work for you simply e-mail me and I can send you it in straight XML form.

My feed contains relevant tags from sites like Wordpress, Del.icio.us and Technorati - as well as some popular sites like Digg. Enjoy.

Random Tidbit: A great collection of Calvin & Hobbes snowman comics. Priceless.