Tuesday, October 21, 2008
RSS...putting things in perspective
Ha! I don't generally think of myself as someone who needs a lot of control over things. I tend to be deliberate in my words and actions but am also quite content to see how life plays out. Now RSS is making me make a slight adjustment to this perspective. I got a jumpstart on this week's activity so as not to be behind again. I have created a Google reader for the NY Times and the Globe, NPR and 12 Things. Now, I think I'm done. I had not been clear on the appeal of RSS before setting this account up and am still unclear as to the appeal. Blogs and Flickr, I can control. If I want to write or look for photos or upload photos, I can do so. If not, nothing happens. Here, RSS is feeding, feeding, feeding me information. I know that I neither need nor want all of this information. I can't figure out how to delete it, slow it down, or take a full blown break from it. Hmmm, no good. I'll give myself this week (and next?) to try it out. I'm guessing that by the end of this experiment, my head will be ready to explode and I'll unsubscribe to everything. Will I prove myself wrong? Will RSS win me over? Stay tuned.
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I tend to get overwhelmed when one or more of my RSS feeds says there are 1000+ stories. What! Right now I haven't looked at my BBC feed for a couple of weeks because it says there are 1000+ stories I haven't read. Where do I even start? Or do I? I usually just move on the feeds with 3 or so unread stories.
This is what I consider amazing growth from within; plant roots do it for a long while before showing their full glory! Actually I think this is organic! :) Slow and steady. Or, to quote a dear family member who favored life on the sea "steady as she goes". I find the need to deliberately pace things with so many RSS feeds, especially at this critical time in our history...what an election process we are going through. The 'feeds' just keep feeding us ( fertilizer).
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