Thing 8: RSS Feeds

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.