Comments on: Week 4 Case Studies: RSS & the Library http://vsaucier.wordpress.com/2006/09/27/week-4-case-studies-rss-the-library/ "There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts" ~Charles Dickens Sun, 08 Mar 2009 11:05:53 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Wei Zhang http://vsaucier.wordpress.com/2006/09/27/week-4-case-studies-rss-the-library/#comment-24 Wei Zhang Sun, 01 Oct 2006 21:42:59 +0000 http://vsaucier.wordpress.com/2006/09/27/week-4-case-studies-rss-the-library/#comment-24 I would like to say I have been in the information sea since I surfed the Internet in 1999. I always find it challenging to identify what kind of information you want on the Internet. Now RSS feed shows me a good way to aggreate what I interested in. But I still want to say sometimes I am overwhelmed in the information sea because I have been offered too much information via RSS. I would like to say I have been in the information sea since I surfed the Internet in 1999. I always find it challenging to identify what kind of information you want on the Internet. Now RSS feed shows me a good way to aggreate what I interested in. But I still want to say sometimes I am overwhelmed in the information sea because I have been offered too much information via RSS.

]]> By: amanda http://vsaucier.wordpress.com/2006/09/27/week-4-case-studies-rss-the-library/#comment-21 amanda Sat, 30 Sep 2006 20:33:29 +0000 http://vsaucier.wordpress.com/2006/09/27/week-4-case-studies-rss-the-library/#comment-21 Hi Vicki - I too am constantly "cleaning house" in my Bloglines account. I have a fairly liberal policy when it comes to adding feeds: if I've just found it and something I read was interesting, I'll add it. New feeds stay on "probation" for about a week and if nothing else from the feed has interested me all week, it's gone. Having said all that, I do still have an unhealthy number of feeds in my aggregator (I refuse to admit how many). But I've been using RSS for so long now that reading my aggregator is no different than reading my email: I have both open all day and I read things (well, "scan things", I should say) as they come in throughout the course of the day. Ultimately, it's all about finding your groove with RSS! Hi Vicki – I too am constantly “cleaning house” in my Bloglines account. I have a fairly liberal policy when it comes to adding feeds: if I’ve just found it and something I read was interesting, I’ll add it. New feeds stay on “probation” for about a week and if nothing else from the feed has interested me all week, it’s gone.

Having said all that, I do still have an unhealthy number of feeds in my aggregator (I refuse to admit how many). But I’ve been using RSS for so long now that reading my aggregator is no different than reading my email: I have both open all day and I read things (well, “scan things”, I should say) as they come in throughout the course of the day. Ultimately, it’s all about finding your groove with RSS!

]]> By: Vicki http://vsaucier.wordpress.com/2006/09/27/week-4-case-studies-rss-the-library/#comment-20 Vicki Fri, 29 Sep 2006 17:47:46 +0000 http://vsaucier.wordpress.com/2006/09/27/week-4-case-studies-rss-the-library/#comment-20 Hi Karen, I think your right. It can be overwhelming at first but once you find your groove it can be very positive! I like the idea of adding feeds you like even if your not sure how much you'll read them, take them for a test run and if it doesn't work out like your "closet clean-out" analogy, get rid of them! Right now I'm doing a great job collecting more and more and more and I'm starting to see what I read and what I don't. For example, Blogline Jokes feed was the first to go :) Thanks for the note! Hi Karen, I think your right. It can be overwhelming at first but once you find your groove it can be very positive! I like the idea of adding feeds you like even if your not sure how much you’ll read them, take them for a test run and if it doesn’t work out like your “closet clean-out” analogy, get rid of them! Right now I’m doing a great job collecting more and more and more and I’m starting to see what I read and what I don’t. For example, Blogline Jokes feed was the first to go :) Thanks for the note!

]]> By: Karen http://vsaucier.wordpress.com/2006/09/27/week-4-case-studies-rss-the-library/#comment-19 Karen Fri, 29 Sep 2006 16:24:12 +0000 http://vsaucier.wordpress.com/2006/09/27/week-4-case-studies-rss-the-library/#comment-19 How do you decide what to add as a feed? I think that's personal preference. You need to look at what the site offers and decide if it's information that's important for you to know when it's updated. Some of the sites I've seen allow you to see a preview of what the feed will look like so it gives you an idea of what you'll be getting if you subscribe. That might help a bit. You could add feeds like mad and then delete them if you don't find them useful or if you don't end up reading them (kind of like giving away clothes that you haven't worn for the past season). How do you decide what to add as a feed? I think that’s personal preference. You need to look at what the site offers and decide if it’s information that’s important for you to know when it’s updated. Some of the sites I’ve seen allow you to see a preview of what the feed will look like so it gives you an idea of what you’ll be getting if you subscribe. That might help a bit. You could add feeds like mad and then delete them if you don’t find them useful or if you don’t end up reading them (kind of like giving away clothes that you haven’t worn for the past season).

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