Comments on: BarcampBlock abuzz http://www.wordyard.com/2007/08/19/barcampblock-abuzz/ Technology, politics, culture Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:07:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: bjkeefe http://www.wordyard.com/2007/08/19/barcampblock-abuzz/#comment-941 bjkeefe Tue, 04 Sep 2007 01:59:49 +0000 http://www.wordyard.com/?p=1367#comment-941 Scott said: "I have no use for such a product; when I subscribe to a feed I’m happy if the blogger surprises me with interesting stuff that I didn’t know I was interested in ..." I agree completely. One of the hardest things for me to adjust to, and one of the things I miss about reading print papers and magazines, is the loss of serendipity. When I used to have to read serially, I'd often come across something I never would have thought of. With feed readers, it's bad enough that I'm getting pretty much only stuff I know I'm interested in; pre-selecting based on tags would only aggravate the problem. Don't get me wrong. I like Google notifications, the HuffPo's facility for notifications of specific posters, etc. But the discovery of a new nugget blows all of these away. Scott said: “I have no use for such a product; when I subscribe to a feed I’m happy if the blogger surprises me with interesting stuff that I didn’t know I was interested in …”

I agree completely. One of the hardest things for me to adjust to, and one of the things I miss about reading print papers and magazines, is the loss of serendipity. When I used to have to read serially, I’d often come across something I never would have thought of. With feed readers, it’s bad enough that I’m getting pretty much only stuff I know I’m interested in; pre-selecting based on tags would only aggravate the problem.

Don’t get me wrong. I like Google notifications, the HuffPo’s facility for notifications of specific posters, etc. But the discovery of a new nugget blows all of these away.

]]> By: Scott Rosenberg’s Wordyard » Blog Archive » Wanted: “test-drive” option for RSS feeds http://www.wordyard.com/2007/08/19/barcampblock-abuzz/#comment-944 Scott Rosenberg’s Wordyard » Blog Archive » Wanted: “test-drive” option for RSS feeds Fri, 24 Aug 2007 02:51:16 +0000 http://www.wordyard.com/?p=1367#comment-944 [...] as I mentioned in my BarCamp post, is my idea for a feature that RSS readers should but don’t (as far as I know) have: a sort [...] [...] as I mentioned in my BarCamp post, is my idea for a feature that RSS readers should but don’t (as far as I know) have: a sort [...]

]]> By: engtech @ IDT http://www.wordyard.com/2007/08/19/barcampblock-abuzz/#comment-942 engtech @ IDT Thu, 23 Aug 2007 23:45:20 +0000 http://www.wordyard.com/?p=1367#comment-942 I'm interested in RSS overload from the point of view of there's some streams of water that you only want to dip your toes in. Some blogs resonate to the point where I want to read everything, others I'd rather have an agent give me the highlights. Of course, I guess the real answer would be to skip over the parts I don't like :) I’m interested in RSS overload from the point of view of there’s some streams of water that you only want to dip your toes in.

Some blogs resonate to the point where I want to read everything, others I’d rather have an agent give me the highlights.

Of course, I guess the real answer would be to skip over the parts I don’t like :)

]]> By: Infotropism – BarCampBlock: Review roundup http://www.wordyard.com/2007/08/19/barcampblock-abuzz/#comment-943 Infotropism – BarCampBlock: Review roundup Mon, 20 Aug 2007 16:49:33 +0000 http://www.wordyard.com/?p=1367#comment-943 [...] Scott Rosenberg: [...] [...] Scott Rosenberg: [...]

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