When asked to check out Google Reader and explore ways to bring news to me, instead of having to seek out the news, I examined the opportunities, and I can see how this feature would be helpful to many. But there's just one teeny tiny problem: I don't have a lot of web sites, news sites or blogs (aside from those of my colleagues) that I know of and would like to subscribe to. I guess one of my struggles with Web 2.0 is - similar to my struggle with LinkedIn - that I might rather read a book than check my Google Reader for news feeds and blog updates. Perhaps I am a bit old-fashioned for someone in her twenties? I'm just not the kind of person who wants to be always connected to her computer.
Nevertheless, I do see how Google Reader and the RSS feeds provide easy ways to stay up to date with what's going on in the world. I looked for some blogs that my friends are writing, and considered subscribing to those. Generally though, I will have to keep looking and try to find sites that will be helpful to me, sites that I will appreciate and want to return to. It just might take me a little while to get into it.
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How about news sites? Those can save you a lot of time. I subscribe to news sites such as CNN and NPR. Of course there are tech sites that I have feeds from too. Those are great helping me stay up-to-date on things.
ReplyDeleteConsider the news feeds in addition to the blogs. Thing 8 is great for pulling all this together on one page.
I am glad to see that I am not the only one who still likes to read the paper at the kitchen table and not online--or a book in my comfy chair. Good ideas!
ReplyDeleteI receive alot of daily emails from various organizations that belong to. I am always behind on my reading plus so much is repeated. I welcome the idea of just glancing over the daily news.
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