Comments on: How to read feeds without driving yourself mad http://confidentwriting.com/2007/08/how-to-read-fee/ Because our words count Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:21:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Only Connect! Quotes on Connections | Confident Writing http://confidentwriting.com/2007/08/how-to-read-fee/comment-page-1/#comment-21295 Only Connect! Quotes on Connections | Confident Writing Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:17:24 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=134#comment-21295 [...] of the things I enjoy the most about blogging to a monthly theme is the frame it provides to search with a purpose: for links, articles, photos, references and [...] [...] of the things I enjoy the most about blogging to a monthly theme is the frame it provides to search with a purpose: for links, articles, photos, references and [...]

]]> By: Joanna Young http://confidentwriting.com/2007/08/how-to-read-fee/comment-page-1/#comment-252 Joanna Young Sun, 19 Aug 2007 10:57:10 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=134#comment-252 Hello Rick, thanks for stopping by, and thanks very much for helping me think through my own feed reading habits this week. I'm with you, a feed reader is a great way to skim quickly and to keep an eye on what's going on. But you helped me to realise if that's all we do it can start to feel unsatisfactory (purposeless even), and that there's a different sort of experience and reward to be had by visiting 'in the natural environment' (I loved that concept). As you say that does take longer, and like you I've limited it to 10. Just doing that also helped me think through what it was about those 10 that I really enjoyed, why I wanted to go visit, what I valued about the experience (and therefore why the time was an investment) I think this will really make a difference, so thanks for helping to give me the 'aha' Joanna Hello Rick, thanks for stopping by, and thanks very much for helping me think through my own feed reading habits this week.

I’m with you, a feed reader is a great way to skim quickly and to keep an eye on what’s going on. But you helped me to realise if that’s all we do it can start to feel unsatisfactory (purposeless even), and that there’s a different sort of experience and reward to be had by visiting ‘in the natural environment’ (I loved that concept).

As you say that does take longer, and like you I’ve limited it to 10. Just doing that also helped me think through what it was about those 10 that I really enjoyed, why I wanted to go visit, what I valued about the experience (and therefore why the time was an investment)

I think this will really make a difference, so thanks for helping to give me the ‘aha’

Joanna

]]> By: Rick Mahn http://confidentwriting.com/2007/08/how-to-read-fee/comment-page-1/#comment-251 Rick Mahn Sat, 18 Aug 2007 21:01:28 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=134#comment-251 Hi Joanna, Thanks for mentioning my Top 10 bloggers post. I guess I didn't go into many reasons for doing this, but you you point out some good ones. I've been using RSS/feeds for about 3 years (or close to it) and have found that the more I've added and relied feed readers to interpret the information. I really like being able to scan 200+ feeds to get at the important content. However, while I scan through the posts, I feel like I'm skimming rather than reading. I believe that I've been missing the point of many great bloggers simply because they were "lumped in" with assorted news feeds and I lost the context. So far it has been rewarding, I *do* get more out of their content because of it. At the same time, however, it is much more time-consuming - again because I'm going to their sites instead of having the posts brought to me. Anyway, RSS/feeds are crucial to being able to digest large amounts of information in a manageable timeframe. Great post - thank you! Regards, Rick Hi Joanna,
Thanks for mentioning my Top 10 bloggers post. I guess I didn’t go into many reasons for doing this, but you you point out some good ones.

I’ve been using RSS/feeds for about 3 years (or close to it) and have found that the more I’ve added and relied feed readers to interpret the information. I really like being able to scan 200+ feeds to get at the important content.

However, while I scan through the posts, I feel like I’m skimming rather than reading. I believe that I’ve been missing the point of many great bloggers simply because they were “lumped in” with assorted news feeds and I lost the context.

So far it has been rewarding, I *do* get more out of their content because of it. At the same time, however, it is much more time-consuming – again because I’m going to their sites instead of having the posts brought to me.

Anyway, RSS/feeds are crucial to being able to digest large amounts of information in a manageable timeframe. Great post – thank you!

Regards,
Rick

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