Reading feeds

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I’m going to play the arrogant bbbaaaahhhhssstttaaarrrddd and brag about how many feeds I’m reading and how many items I’m putting on my link blog.

Google Reader says: “From your 739 subscriptions over the last 30 days you read 28,433 items, and shared 979 items.”

Seriously I really appreciate the kind notes you all have been sending me about my link blog. I really love doing it and reading so much helps me keep up with the industry and know what companies are getting hot. Plus you tell me it saves you lots of time. It’s a lot easier to read 1,000 items a month than it is to read 28,000.

If you have a blog or news source you’d like to see me add to my link blog, let me know. UPDATE: I just uploaded my OPML file (a list of all the feeds I read) to share.opml.org. That site lets you see all my feeds and compare how many people are subscribed to each one. It’s even cooler if you upload your own list of feeds (er, OPML file) to that site.

84 thoughts on “Reading feeds”

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  4. I’ll share three link blogs:

    Over 600 that I use to search within, i.e., I search within the feeds and create RSS feeds from the search results. Nice Bloglines feature. Your readers could do this with your blogroll, too, by importing it into a Bloglines account (or you could do this for them and then they could search within your feeds). Frankly, there’s no way I could review 600 feeds, so the search within Bloglines feature is great!! And I’m searching within feeds that I’ve already qualified. Searching the blogosphere = way too much noise. Searching within pre-qualified feeds = mostly on target.

    http://www.bloglines.com/public/DSL

    My top 200 or so, which I regularly review. Fact is, I use Omea Pro, which is much better than Google Reader (which I also use) or Bloglines (or GreatNews, for that matter).

    http://www.bloglines.com/public/QBL

    And, since I’m in China, my top 20 feeds covering China.

    http://www.bloglines.com/public/bestonchina

    The disadvantage of using Omea Pro is that I can’t share, but the lack of a social bookmarking option is far outweighed by all the other goodies offered by Omea Pro (which is free). Check it out: It’s really superior to anything on the market … but it only runs under Windows.

    *** If sharing is most important, I’d recommend Google Reader.

    *** If creating a personal digital library (PDL) is most important, then I’d DEFINITELY recommend Omea Pro, especially if combined with Furl.

    Another option, of course, is to use Google Reader combined with Furl. Still, Omea Pro still has a lot more features — useful features, too — than does Google Reader.

    Disclosure: Some of the feeds I read do NOT make it on my public blogrolls. Hey, that’s life. Some things I’d rather NOT share.

  5. I’ll share three link blogs:

    Over 600 that I use to search within, i.e., I search within the feeds and create RSS feeds from the search results. Nice Bloglines feature. Your readers could do this with your blogroll, too, by importing it into a Bloglines account (or you could do this for them and then they could search within your feeds). Frankly, there’s no way I could review 600 feeds, so the search within Bloglines feature is great!! And I’m searching within feeds that I’ve already qualified. Searching the blogosphere = way too much noise. Searching within pre-qualified feeds = mostly on target.

    http://www.bloglines.com/public/DSL

    My top 200 or so, which I regularly review. Fact is, I use Omea Pro, which is much better than Google Reader (which I also use) or Bloglines (or GreatNews, for that matter).

    http://www.bloglines.com/public/QBL

    And, since I’m in China, my top 20 feeds covering China.

    http://www.bloglines.com/public/bestonchina

    The disadvantage of using Omea Pro is that I can’t share, but the lack of a social bookmarking option is far outweighed by all the other goodies offered by Omea Pro (which is free). Check it out: It’s really superior to anything on the market … but it only runs under Windows.

    *** If sharing is most important, I’d recommend Google Reader.

    *** If creating a personal digital library (PDL) is most important, then I’d DEFINITELY recommend Omea Pro, especially if combined with Furl.

    Another option, of course, is to use Google Reader combined with Furl. Still, Omea Pro still has a lot more features — useful features, too — than does Google Reader.

    Disclosure: Some of the feeds I read do NOT make it on my public blogrolls. Hey, that’s life. Some things I’d rather NOT share.

  6. Thanks for convincing me to give Google Reader another go. I tried it when it first came out and it was pretty bad, but now it’s fantastic and has replaced BBC News as my homepage.

  7. Thanks for convincing me to give Google Reader another go. I tried it when it first came out and it was pretty bad, but now it’s fantastic and has replaced BBC News as my homepage.

  8. Robert you are the man! Interesting that only 3.4% of all those feeds make it to your link blog. Sounds about right to me.

    Thanks for being our filter and editor!

    Don Dodge

  9. Robert you are the man! Interesting that only 3.4% of all those feeds make it to your link blog. Sounds about right to me.

    Thanks for being our filter and editor!

    Don Dodge

  12. Ok Robert, yea, you always have interesting posts on your Blog and you do have good link items. After watching the shaky video, I realized that you indeed do not “read” every link item. You have developed a really good “human filtering algorithm” that works well.

    You should apply for SCI-FI’s “Who wants to be a superhero.” Your shtick would center around “saving IT from boring blog posts… — Blogomaniac.”

    Keep up the good work…

  13. Ok Robert, yea, you always have interesting posts on your Blog and you do have good link items. After watching the shaky video, I realized that you indeed do not “read” every link item. You have developed a really good “human filtering algorithm” that works well.

    You should apply for SCI-FI’s “Who wants to be a superhero.” Your shtick would center around “saving IT from boring blog posts… — Blogomaniac.”

    Keep up the good work…

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  20. Wow. That is a lot of feeds! How much time do you spend a day?

    Personally I’ve been there. Trying (and not really succeeding) reading A LOT of feeds. Now instead I just have a few on which I can actively comment and contribute to.

  21. Wow. That is a lot of feeds! How much time do you spend a day?

    Personally I’ve been there. Trying (and not really succeeding) reading A LOT of feeds. Now instead I just have a few on which I can actively comment and contribute to.

  28. Herschel: I cover how I read my feeds here on video: http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/05/16/how-scoble-reads-622-rss-feeds-each-morning/

    On first pass I’m not “reading” per se, but looking for items that are worthy of reading.

    On second pass I, indeed, do read.

    And, anyway, the proof is in the pudding. Are the items consistently high quality? Does noise slip through?

    I’d say “yes” and “no.” So, if that’s the case then how did that happen if I didn’t “read” every item?

  29. Herschel: I cover how I read my feeds here on video: http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/05/16/how-scoble-reads-622-rss-feeds-each-morning/

    On first pass I’m not “reading” per se, but looking for items that are worthy of reading.

    On second pass I, indeed, do read.

    And, anyway, the proof is in the pudding. Are the items consistently high quality? Does noise slip through?

    I’d say “yes” and “no.” So, if that’s the case then how did that happen if I didn’t “read” every item?

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