Monday, August 4, 2008

Feed me, see more

If I have to manually search for a feed there's something wrong. Either I use the Bloglines button on my toolbar or - at least in Firefox - there's usually an RSS button in the address line. So either way getting a feed is no more thought-provoking than adding a bookmark.

For the sake of experiment here I tried three different ways to manage the staff-stuff: in my blog, in my browser, and in Bloglines. The upshot of which was.. not surprising: the more feeds you have the better served you are by a Reader like Bloglines. It scales.

I wanted to like the 'clippings' function, only it's too clumsy, too - of all things - linear. There has to be a smarter way to organize, probably involving having your own imax screen wallpapering your house with surface-like software, so you can spread everything out and link it up visually..

Andsoandso, Bloglines. Here's a public feed for us, help yourself. By the by, the look is a tad blunt - you lose most of the layout effects - all that web2.OHishness. Which is kinda ironic, neh?

3 comments:

QuizzyLizzy said...

I'm a Google Reader fan, although Bloglines is very easy and convenient. I do like having my few favourite reads easily accessible along my tool bar, dragged and dropped there.

Aunty of 3 said...

Never figured you for a 'pink kind of person' but maybe things have changed since we worked together all those years ago...!? Awesome blog site...

SoAndSo said...

sorry Ao3, im a bit slo- havent worked out who you are :)( but ta muchly.

anyway, if pink is good enouf for the Batman..