Wednesday, December 06, 2006
Read some feeds!
Well, it's official. Stephen Abrams says it so it must be true: You need a Bloglines account.
Make your life easier if you're not using an aggregator. Sign up for Bloglines. It is free.
He goes on to say that there are other aggregators out there and in the comments there are some folks' suggestions: Sage for Firefox, Google Reader, and Netvibes.
But the main point here is that if you are not reading any blogs you will be left behind. As Stephen says that it is "part of my job to know what is going on." Guess what? It's pretty darn important to your job, too.
Furthermore, if you are going to keep up with the blogs that are important to you, you will want to use an RSS aggregator such as Bloglines to track them. I agree with Stephen: bookmarks are "sooo last century."
If you want to know what Bloglines is like, please visit this example Bloglines account that I have set up for teaching purposes. Also, there are some tutorial videos by Daniel Lee to help get you started.
Now, go get to reading!
But the main point here is that if you are not reading any blogs you will be left behind. As Stephen says that it is "part of my job to know what is going on." Guess what? It's pretty darn important to your job, too.
Furthermore, if you are going to keep up with the blogs that are important to you, you will want to use an RSS aggregator such as Bloglines to track them. I agree with Stephen: bookmarks are "sooo last century."
If you want to know what Bloglines is like, please visit this example Bloglines account that I have set up for teaching purposes. Also, there are some tutorial videos by Daniel Lee to help get you started.
Now, go get to reading!
