Bloglines & del.cio.us
Submitted by jinierrichetti on Thu, 2007-02-22 20:22.
The tutorial for Bloglines was great. I actually had already registered with them but now was able to go in and save blogs and podcasts. I also figured out how to make a folder and saved 5 blogs for my husband. I showed it to him but he's pretty tech illiterate so I'll have to show him a few more times, I'm sure. I was extrememly proud of myself that I already had a delicious account and have some sites tagged. But after watching the webcast today I see that there is a lot more to it and I need to explore more. I understand RSS but everytime I hear the word "feed" it gives me the heebie jeebies because of the young adult book by the same title by M.T. Anderson. Being a baby boomer instead of a Millenial, I'm sure I'll be dead before they start implanting this stuff in our brains. I have to admit, as I'm learning more about social networking, I can't help thinking, who has time to read all this stuff? I can barely keep up with my email. I mean, I think it's great but every time I try to explain it to someone on my staff, their eyes glaze over.
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Well, it's like anything
Well, it's like anything else -- setting priorities.
In my case... I happen to be in a part of the profession where things can change pretty radically any given day. (Believe me, I wish that were an exaggeration!) The single best way I can keep from falling unacceptably behind is to follow a blog -- this blog, in fact. There is no journal that keeps up with this (though I'm working with some other people on starting one). The only newsletter that does is written by the blog author and is excellent, but it only comes out monthly. I would be derelict in my duties if I only caught up once a month.
So it's not a matter of cutting time out of my work to stay au courant via blogs. Staying au courant is a major part of my work!
Forgive me if you guys
Forgive me if you guys covered this in another part of the course, but you can use your aggregator to help you keep those priorities straight. I have a folder of feeds that are my "A List": the feeds that I read at least once and often multiple times per day. I then have several other folders including "newbies" or feeds that I'm not sure I'm ready to commit to reading and "low priority," or feeds that I often just end up marking read without actually reading.