Ishbadiddle: 99 Feeds

99 Feeds

The internet, of course, is the greatest time suck ever invented.

And RSS feeds are like mainlining.

I pretty much visit only three web sites now -- my gmail account, this blog, and bloglines, which I use to read my RSS feeds. (Link goes to list of my feeds.) Why go surfing around, when (almost all) the sites I want are brought together in one place? Yeah.

The problem is, of course, keeping up. The entries keep coming in. Look, I have 982 unread posts! Better spend some time catching up there. Whoops, where did that two hours go?

Well as of today I am announcing: only 99 feeds. No more. If I want to add one, I've got to get rid of another. If God wanted us to read more than 99 feeds, God would have built an RSS reader into our brains.

I know that's like saying "I'm gonna cut back to only three packs a day." But hey, I've gotta start somewhere.

M E-L posted this on May 15, 2006
It is filed under Blogs & Blogging, Community, Computers & Internet

It is also indexed with the following tags: RSS | GTD | Information Management |

Comments

mac wrote:

You're a brave man. I'd feel like I'm missing something if I got rid of that many feeds. Heh!

Comment #1 :: link :: May 15, 2006 01:05 PM

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Comment #2 :: link :: May 15, 2006 07:43 PM

Kerim Friedman wrote:

ALthough I use NetNewsWire instead of Bloglines, the idea is the same. What I do to limit overload is create three special folders: One for blogs I read when I WANT to kill time. i.e. Blogs I like, but I don't need to read every day. NNW can even allow you to set all the feeds in such a folder to update less often - or even manually. The second folder I created is for feeds that I don't read much anymore and I'm considering deleting. Finally, I have a folder for new feeds that have been recently added, but I'm not yet sure I want them to be a part of my regular reading.

I tried the 99 feeds thing once and gave up. This method works better for me because there are some feeds I like to check in on now and then, but don't need to read all the time.

Comment #3 :: link :: May 15, 2006 10:47 PM

Thud wrote:

Well, it was nice having you visit occasionally; be sure to remember to drop by from time to time!

Comment #4 :: link :: May 16, 2006 11:14 AM

M E-L wrote:

Mac, Thud, Kerim -- you all made the cut! (Thud twice as I have the A&S feed too.)

And Kerim, the folders option is good -- I just lack willpower.

Comment #5 :: link :: May 16, 2006 11:33 AM

Tk wrote:

“I’ve got 99 feeds . . .”

Comment #6 :: link :: May 16, 2006 09:40 PM

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