Everyone read news paper to get updated with world news. Same way developer can be up to date with technology news using a RSS reader or digital newspaper.
Many developer share their experiences with programming,tools or practices through their blogs.You can write your own too. We will discuss more about that in next section. First let's read other's blog and understand their opinions and skills.
RSS stands for Rich Site Summary. It's a standard which is usually used by blogs to publish their new articles. You can subscribe to these feeds and get updates when there is new articles.
Feedly is free service which allows you to subscribe to many websites and read from one place. It's available on Web,Android and iOS. Use this as magazine/newspaper to get up to date with technology.
There are wide variety blogs on different things. The following are my favorite ones which I spend most time reading. You can also start with this list, as you become more comfortable with tool you can start exploring others.
The following is the list
Great blog to get latest information on product announcement, device reviews. You should read this in order to get update to date with latest products in the market place.
It's a new aggregator. Here the best articles of all over Internet are posted. Read the comment section of each blog to understand more about the article. It's not the prettiest looking site, but don't be fooled by that. The site has best developer community and it's right place ask questions and get your doubts resolved.
Want to build a company? It's right blog to read. It's has good articles about how different startups are built from scratch.
Now the following are the optional one's. If you are interested in those specific areas, you can add it to the feedly.
Great blog on how to build nice user interfaces. If you are interested in user interface design on web or mobile this blog is must read.
It's a blog you should read if you are interested in business. This blog publishes great articles on entrepreneurship and other aspects of the business.
Sometimes you may find a great article that you really want to read in depth but don't have time. Don't worry . You can use tool called Pocket . Just sign up there and in feedly setup the pocket. From now on you can save the articles to pocket and use from web,android or iOS devices.
Make a habit of reading feedly everyday. It's like morning news paper. As it's available in mobile, you can read wherever you want. I have been reading from last 6 years and it has served me very well.
Happy reading :)