Here's the scoop. I created a bloglines account because it said so. Because we are supposed to share. And then I added all my happy little feeds. All 10 of them. And here are my thoughts.
If, as a co-worker told me after I was done doing all the Bloglines stuff, it was okay to use my Google Reader WHY wasn't that mentioned somewhere obvious in the assignment? I already use Google Reader--not a ton, but for some things. I will probably use it a little more. So Bloglines allows sharing. If I want to share a feed with someone, I will send them a link.
This assignment was very frustrating for me. I see the benefits to using the feeds. Why visit a bunch of sites to check the latest stuff when I can go to my Reader where it's all in one place? Readers make my life go faster. But as far as the assignment goes, I thought it totally unnecessary to create yet another account when I was already using a perfectly fine one. Also, once someone has added a couple of feeds to their account, they will get the concept. Adding 10 feeds was way too excessive. Three would have been plenty: L&P@CML, a friend's blog, and some library or news feed.
So, RSS is a thumbs up. Jumping through all the hoops, thumbs down.
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So of course I jumped right over to the assignment to check and you are correct - Bloglines is the only RSS reader mentioned prominently. I only used Google Reader because I had watched the Common Craft video more times than I care to admit to. ;-)
Good that you were able to separate the good from the bad, and will take something away from this.
There is a mini-debate going on about Bloglines vs. Google Reader vs. other RSS readers. Maybe throw in your two cents when you do your wrap blog and then send it to the Learn & Play team?
Really glad you're doing this.
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