Feeds...I have no problem finding 'em

Assignment #9 Finding Feeds

I have more trouble keeping my feeds to a manageable amount and the Firefox browser makes it super easy to add feeds (and I hear IE 7 makes it easy too). I mainly find new feeds by following links from articles from news and technology sites and other subject blogs. If I think I'll want to read more from that blog I merely click on the RSS icon in the Firefox location bar next to the URL. That puts me right into BlogLines subscription page for that feed. Then if after a week or so, I don't like what I'm seeing post-wise, I simply delete the feed in BlogLines. What could be simpler?

Life with BlogLines

Assignment #8 Make Life "Really Simple" with RSS and a Newsreader

A year or so ago Chad did a demo of BlogLines in some library staff meeting, so I signed right up and have been a daily reader ever since. Right now I'm subscribed to 60+ feeds; that number has remained fairly constant as I regularly sign up for new and ditch ones I don't like. Some I rarely read, while others I read at least twice a day.

Through BlogLines I read Post and Wired stories; digitization and technology news; the latest Unshelved and Mutts comics; and find out about local happenings at ARTS/West and the Wire.

Today I exported my feed subscriptions from BlogLines and imported them into Google Reader just to try it out. The main problem with Google Reader for me, is that I read most of my feeds at home, and my access at home is through dial-up. Google is really made more for those with broadband, IMHO. Here is a good guide: Newbie's Guide to Google Reader.