Comments on: How To Use Google Reader’s Trends Feature To Keep Your RSS Feeds Uncluttered http://iamsheamus.com/everything-else/google-reader-trends-rss-feeds-uncluttered/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:42:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Sheamus http://iamsheamus.com/everything-else/google-reader-trends-rss-feeds-uncluttered/#comment-669 Sheamus Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:49:55 +0000 http://iamsheamus.com/?p=198#comment-669 That's a very good point actually Ari, and one I meant to address in my piece (and sort of did with the Techcrunch conclusions) - with a lot of the really detailed 'help' sites you can very easily 'catch up' any time you like by either having a marathon read or just going there and searching for exactly what you want. As you say, you don't really need good advice every day, and the chances are only a low percentage of that advice will be relevant to your needs at any given time anyway (irrespective of how consistently high the quality of any given blog is - they can't possibly ALWAYS match your current needs). I was experimenting with FeedDemon earlier in the week but just couldn't get into it at all. I noted Darren's (of Problogger) comments a day or two back that he uses Google Reader for all his 'A-list'/niche blogs and (I think) FeedDemon for everything else. That's an interesting concept that I might have a look at. Perhaps having your essentials in one feed and everything else in another is one way to always keep a handle on the clutter. :) That’s a very good point actually Ari, and one I meant to address in my piece (and sort of did with the Techcrunch conclusions) - with a lot of the really detailed ‘help’ sites you can very easily ‘catch up’ any time you like by either having a marathon read or just going there and searching for exactly what you want.

As you say, you don’t really need good advice every day, and the chances are only a low percentage of that advice will be relevant to your needs at any given time anyway (irrespective of how consistently high the quality of any given blog is - they can’t possibly ALWAYS match your current needs).

I was experimenting with FeedDemon earlier in the week but just couldn’t get into it at all. I noted Darren’s (of Problogger) comments a day or two back that he uses Google Reader for all his ‘A-list’/niche blogs and (I think) FeedDemon for everything else. That’s an interesting concept that I might have a look at.

Perhaps having your essentials in one feed and everything else in another is one way to always keep a handle on the clutter. :)

]]> By: Ari Koinuma http://iamsheamus.com/everything-else/google-reader-trends-rss-feeds-uncluttered/#comment-668 Ari Koinuma Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:44:03 +0000 http://iamsheamus.com/?p=198#comment-668 Good points. As a Google Reader user myself, I've used the trends feature from time to time. That said, I don't subscribe to that many blots, and I'm pretty quick to get rid of them, too. I'm fairly conscious of information overload -- even if the blog gives me useful information, if it's not immediately applicable or if it starts to overwhelm me, then I get rid of it. Even a must-have info like Problogger or Dosh Dosh aren't outside my scrutiny. They obviously provide useful info for our trade, but I don't NEED useful advice EVERY day -- if I need advices, I can go to their sites and do search. Which leaves only blogs that I really want to scan on daily basis. It usually ends up being just blogs of friends and acquaintances. ari Good points. As a Google Reader user myself, I’ve used the trends feature from time to time. That said, I don’t subscribe to that many blots, and I’m pretty quick to get rid of them, too. I’m fairly conscious of information overload — even if the blog gives me useful information, if it’s not immediately applicable or if it starts to overwhelm me, then I get rid of it.

Even a must-have info like Problogger or Dosh Dosh aren’t outside my scrutiny. They obviously provide useful info for our trade, but I don’t NEED useful advice EVERY day — if I need advices, I can go to their sites and do search.

Which leaves only blogs that I really want to scan on daily basis. It usually ends up being just blogs of friends and acquaintances.

ari

]]> By: Sheamus http://iamsheamus.com/everything-else/google-reader-trends-rss-feeds-uncluttered/#comment-666 Sheamus Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:25:27 +0000 http://iamsheamus.com/?p=198#comment-666 It's very easy to do. As I said, a month or two back I had so much unread stuff in my Reader that the experience of just opening it up was quite depressing. :( I've purged it a couple of months in a row now and will try to keep that up. The point isn't to not subscribe to feeds - I love reading other people's blogs - it's just to make sure that you only stay subscribed to the <i>ones you are actually reading</i>! :) It’s very easy to do. As I said, a month or two back I had so much unread stuff in my Reader that the experience of just opening it up was quite depressing. :( I’ve purged it a couple of months in a row now and will try to keep that up.

The point isn’t to not subscribe to feeds - I love reading other people’s blogs - it’s just to make sure that you only stay subscribed to the ones you are actually reading! :)

]]> By: Sharon Hurley Hall http://iamsheamus.com/everything-else/google-reader-trends-rss-feeds-uncluttered/#comment-665 Sharon Hurley Hall Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:21:20 +0000 http://iamsheamus.com/?p=198#comment-665 Good tip. I'll give it a whirl. Every time I declutter, I gradually build back up again so I'm due for another sort out. :) Good tip. I’ll give it a whirl. Every time I declutter, I gradually build back up again so I’m due for another sort out. :)

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