A couple of things have happened recently that have had me thinking about this… so I’m going to spill some beans.
I read… I read a lot! I had a current list of about 30 blogs that I follow. Some only post occasionally, others post 10 or 15 posts each day. Going to all of these sites to see what’s new would be impossibly inefficient. So I don’t.
They come to me and let me know when I have new posts to read.
There are a variety of tools that let one do this. I use FeedDemon, but Google Reader is very popular, and Outlook and Firefox both offer built in applications.
Oh, all this is about RSS (Really Simple Syndication) Feeds. If you are using Firefox, you might notice a little orange thing on the address bar… there is also one on the tool bar to the right of “Newsletter Archives.” Clicking on either of those will enable you getting the RSS feed from my website.
Each time you open your reader, you will see if I have a new post.
I have news sites, tech sites, other real estate blogs, some car stuff… things I like to read about, or feel I need to keep up with.
I don’t read everything. I read the intros and decide if I want to read the post or story. If not, I can move on. I like the FeedDemon more than Google Reader because I can go past the posts that don’t interest me faster. I haven’t used Outlook as a reader, nor Firefox.
If you want to try it out, go to the FeedDemon link above, get the application (free) and download and install it. Then subscribe to this blog… ;^ ) I’m here almost every day.
and then when you are reading dynamic sites (ones with content that changes a lot) you can subscribe and not worry about missing something. You can have a morning newspaper that doesn’t have to go to the curb to be recycled… and it’s free.
Enjoy.