Some websites just have “it.” Whether it is good writing, a pleasing design, or great content, those sites rise above the others. Today I take a look at five tech-related sites that are worth visiting on a regular basis, or subscribing to in your RSS reader (or both). Of course, I would put 40Tech at the top of the list, but since I might be just a wee bit biased, I’ll leave it off. For this post, I’m focusing more on sites that generate their own content, rather than social media sites like Twitter. Also, since gadget sites just remind me of what I don’t have and might never have, sites like Gizmodo and Engadget are absent from this list.
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I’ve talked about Evernote a few times here already. 
At the risk of suffocating you with another post about it, I want to call some attention to a time-saving tip from Elldove over in the Evernote official forums. Elldove posted some javascript for a bookmarklet that combines the Readability bookmarklet and the Evernote web clipper bookmarklet into one bookmarklet.
Readability is a tool, in the form of a bookmarklet, that removes the clutter around what you’re reading and presents a page in a format that is easy to read. Here is a before and after look at a page formatted with the Readability bookmarklet (images have been resized to fit the page):
Any 40-something is quite comfortable with “old media,” such as newspapers, magazines, and television. If you’re like me, though, you’re also fascinated with “new media,” such as social networks on the internet. You’re probably wondering how all of this eventually will shake down when the dust settles. With many traditional news outlets experiencing financial difficulties, in what form will we get our news in another ten years? Lately, we’ve had some events transpire that show some of the pitfalls with gathering information from “new media,” if it comes from the wrong source. Read more
5 Critical Reasons to Root Against Comcast’s Online Television
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