Comments on: How RSS Feeds Affect My Life & Work

By: A Simple Approach to Managing Information Overload

A Simple Approach to Managing Information Overload — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:41:22 +0000

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By: Weekly Link Post 42 « Rhonda Tipton’s WebLog

Weekly Link Post 42 « Rhonda Tipton’s WebLog — Mon, 19 May 2008 13:54:01 +0000

[...] Aliza Sherman talks about how reading RSS Feeds each day has benefited her in the article How RSS Feeds Affect My Life & Work. [...]

By: Brandie

Brandie — Mon, 19 May 2008 05:28:53 +0000

I have been reading my feeds on Sunday night. It’s a quiet thing I can do (much like reading the paper), and feel like I hit the ground running on Monday.

By: Aliza Sherman

Aliza Sherman — Thu, 15 May 2008 15:55:18 +0000

h – Twittering is actually PART of my productivity. I accomplish more things more quickly with and because of Twitter. No reconciliation needed. It is a no-brainer.

By: h

Thu, 15 May 2008 07:53:52 +0000

Productivity is your obsession but yet you twitter. Please reconcile.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 15 May 2008 00:50:44 +0000

ReadMine at http://www.readmine.com allows you to keep a Readlog of the items you spent the most time reading. It also learns what’s of most interest to you simply by waht you read and don’t. Great for only reading the most interesting things and dropping the rest to the bottom.

By: Kurt

Kurt — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:53:59 +0000

Given your interest in productivity, you may want to give the illumio RSS feed reader a try. It filters your feeds to show you what news and blogs posts best match your interests.

By: Francine

Francine — Wed, 14 May 2008 16:43:00 +0000

Hi Aliza,

Nice post!

I’ve been a huge fan of RSS feeds for a while now, and I honestly don’t think I would read half as much without them.

I started using them to help manage a number of blogs and message boards for work — instead of checking 10-20 blogs for new posts, new comments, etc. I was able to get everything in one place, same with the message boards.

Beyond that, though, it helps me get ideas, keep up on what’s going on in the world, and what my friends are doing.

I use Google reader as well, and love how I can clump related feeds into a folder to check them all at once, and I love that they’re searchable, shareable and starable (I know, not exactly a word).

It’s hard to teach people about feeds sometimes, but they can really revolutionize the way you get information and how much you can take in.

The only problem I have is that with all my subscriptions, if I don’t check them for a few days, the number of new posts can seem insurmountable. Though I guess that’s what the “mark all as read” button is for!

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GigaNET PM: Wi-Fi Apps, RSS Feeds, Video Hosts - GigaOM — Wed, 14 May 2008 00:10:06 +0000

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By: Zia

Zia — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:18:26 +0000

I have yet to find a better RSS feeder than Netvibes to manage my information overload.

By: bill

bill — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:53:32 +0000

Also, having RSS feeds in my google reader, provides a “forever” library of information. I know that if I read something that I want to go back and reference, I can search for the information and have it almost instantly at my fingertips. RSS feeds are the best. More people need to get keyed into using them, and yet I would say that most people have never heard of them, and those that have heard of them, aren’t using them. What a shame.

By: CHRISTINE PERKETT

CHRISTINE PERKETT — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:40:19 +0000

ALIZA – clearly I am hurrying. Two typos – my apologies! That would be your name and “do so” not “so so”

Thanks!

By: CHRISTINE PERKETT

CHRISTINE PERKETT — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:38:33 +0000

Alize,

I’ve been enjoying your posts and was of course surprised to see a screenshot of our blog on it today! Thank you so much for reading and including us in your overview. I am glad we could provide some value and we’ll continue to try and so so.

My husband is B-O-R-E-D of hearing about my passion for social media. But I just keep yapping away. Does that make me a total geek or totally cool?

Thanks!
Christine
Follow me on Twitter: @missusP or @PerkettPR