Week 4, Thing #81/2, RSS Part 2

I have tried Bloglines. It is much easier to share. But I do prefer the layout of Google Reader. I like how it displays all of the feeds in a single in-box. Bloglines shows the folders, but you have to click on each one to open the folder, making it feel like I am opening bookmarks rather than receiving a feed. More pull, less push, technology-wise. So, I guess I prefer Google's passive consumption. If I am going to feed, just shove it down my throat.

I have also found, thanks to a X-Mas gift from Aunt Becky, that yes, I am smarter than a 5th grader.

Week 4, Thing #8, RSS

My old RSS feed was a fellow named Erik who sat in the co-pilot's seat of my library and routinely flopped around on the Internet occasionally turning his monitor toward me and saying, "you gotta read this!" Hence my regular blog reading paralleled his interests, more than my own. Yes, I like bikes, but he was a true bike snob. I like dogs, but he would spend hours ogling photos, saying "Wook at da cute widdle puppy." But he has moved on. Just a few days ago, he moved to Santa Cruz to further his education.

The most intimidating thing about this assignment was selecting my own interests without my sidekick. So, no bikesnob, no dogblog. Education. Libraries. Some humor and random stuff. I used Google Reader, which works fine for me. But I notice that I can't just publicly share my RSS feeds. I can only share particular items. So, I starred a bunch of items to be shared. But I wonder if bloglines is more fluid in its sharing abilities. I will go play with that. Until my kids demand my attention. For now, here is the link to my public Google Reader.