Comments on: Blog subscriptions scaled down… http://blog.larkin.net.au/2008/06/08/blog-subscriptions-scaled-down/ Thoughts on teaching, technology, learning and life in an era of change. Sun, 28 Aug 2011 03:48:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: John Larkin http://blog.larkin.net.au/2008/06/08/blog-subscriptions-scaled-down/comment-page-1/#comment-535 John Larkin Mon, 09 Jun 2008 07:32:14 +0000 http://blog.larkin.net.au/?p=677#comment-535 John, no need to feel guilty. I wonder about these feelings of obligation that we seemingly adopt towards our RSS readers. Why should we feel obligated or guilty? Our feed readers are acquiring the output of many different individuals and organisations. It is as if we are having a dozen or more different newspapers delivered to our door each day. There is no way we should be expected to read every single article. I need to take a quick look at me.edu.au. It has been a while since I have paid it a visit. Ken, yes, a simple analysis often reveals how many of the feeds are actually needed given the proliferation of education blogs and the rapid sharing of information via Twitter. Cheers, John. John, no need to feel guilty. I wonder about these feelings of obligation that we seemingly adopt towards our RSS readers. Why should we feel obligated or guilty?

Our feed readers are acquiring the output of many different individuals and organisations. It is as if we are having a dozen or more different newspapers delivered to our door each day. There is no way we should be expected to read every single article.

I need to take a quick look at me.edu.au. It has been a while since I have paid it a visit.

Ken, yes, a simple analysis often reveals how many of the feeds are actually needed given the proliferation of education blogs and the rapid sharing of information via Twitter.

Cheers, John.

]]> By: Ken Allan http://blog.larkin.net.au/2008/06/08/blog-subscriptions-scaled-down/comment-page-1/#comment-534 Ken Allan Sun, 08 Jun 2008 09:58:24 +0000 http://blog.larkin.net.au/?p=677#comment-534 John "Someone else will probably blog about it after the event." You got it in one. I often read about a post by picking it up immediately from the Reader but just as often I read posts from a reference in another. So my hit rate ratio is about 1:1 direct:indirect. Statistically I need only half the blog sites on my Reader :-) Must go and weed them out right now. Catch ya later from Middle-earth John “Someone else will probably blog about it after the event.”

You got it in one. I often read about a post by picking it up immediately from the Reader but just as often I read posts from a reference in another.

So my hit rate ratio is about 1:1 direct:indirect. Statistically I need only half the blog sites on my Reader :-)

Must go and weed them out right now.

Catch ya later
from Middle-earth

]]> By: John Travers http://blog.larkin.net.au/2008/06/08/blog-subscriptions-scaled-down/comment-page-1/#comment-533 John Travers Sun, 08 Jun 2008 09:28:13 +0000 http://blog.larkin.net.au/?p=677#comment-533 Very heartening to get this message from you John because feel guilty at not attending to my similar list. The capacity of feed readers to gather info. exceeds our capacity to digest it. I get your feed in me.edu.au, and only get a modest number of inputs each day. Tasty morsels. Very heartening to get this message from you John because feel guilty at not attending to my similar list. The capacity of feed readers to gather info. exceeds our capacity to digest it. I get your feed in me.edu.au, and only get a modest number of inputs each day. Tasty morsels.

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