Week Five: RSS and Feed Readers

Ughh! No time to blog. Must...read...feeds...

This week I signed up for Google Reader and specifically selected the News bundle - BBC, NYTimes, CJOnline, among many others. The result was that when I checked in this morning (less than 24 hours later) I had over 200 feeds to check out. Even skimming expanded view listings, that's going to take "forever".

Obviously, I need to spend a little time tweaking my feeds.

My other subscription was to a co-worker of my husband whose posts are always great. I usually link to her blog through my FB page, but now I know I'll never miss it!

I chose Google Reader because it seemed the newest of the selections. That was confirmed by talking to other people who formerly used Blogline, but now use Google Reader. I was also tempted to start using my Outlook RSS, but since I don't have Outlook at home, decided against that.

I knew I didn't want to use Feed My Inbox, because if my inbox got swamped, I might miss something important. Or even more likely, I would end up feeling defeated by the sheer volume and knowing me, just quit checking.

As a reluctant news reader, I think I will like this method of checking the news of the world. I can quickly see so many different sources and stories, with the convience of having them all placed "virtually" in my lap.

I haven't done so yet, but I plan on subscribing to NPR and also some music, how-to, and nature/conservation feeds. That ought to keep me busy for a good long time to come...