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Thinking of Using a Feed Reader, etc.

June 3, 2005


Basically, I read all of the blogs to the left (under People, News, Blogs). This means that I open every one of those sites up once a day and check for new content. This can take a bit of time.

I’ve never actually used any feeds or had a feed reader, etc. But, I’m thinking that it would save me some time. Since virtually all of the blogs that I read have feeds of some sort available, I was thinking that it would be a good way for me to add 5-10 minutes to my day.

Anyone else do this? Any recommendations for readers? Again, I know nothing about it. Was thinking of giving Bloglines a try, actually.

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11 Responses to “Thinking of Using a Feed Reader, etc.”

  1. June 3rd, 2005 at 2:43 pm Dennis Pallett says:

    You’re not using a RSS aggregator yet? gahhhh, it saves you so much time. I’m subscribed to about 225 feeds, and it takes me max 45 minutes a day to read everything, and that’s taking it slow :P

  2. June 3rd, 2005 at 2:49 pm Patrick () says:

    Nope. :) Have a recommendation?

  3. June 3rd, 2005 at 3:31 pm Keith McLaughlin says:

    I use bloglines.com and find it great.

  4. June 3rd, 2005 at 3:58 pm Patrick () says:

    Ok, going to try Bloglines.

    Wow… I can see how this will save me time and want to make me read more blogs…

  5. June 3rd, 2005 at 7:40 pm Michael says:

    I’m using feedburner. Works great and saves time.

  6. June 3rd, 2005 at 7:41 pm Michael says:

    well I use it, but goofed up the name…feeddemon from feedburner.

    Go Yanks!

  7. June 3rd, 2005 at 7:47 pm Patrick () says:

    Nice save. ;)

  8. June 3rd, 2005 at 8:51 pm Michael says:

    yeah, notice I use the "Go Yanks!" when I goof up…haha

  9. June 6th, 2005 at 9:50 am Stephan Segraves says:

    I’ve never used a feed reader and probably won’t. I think that the design of the blog has a lot to do with the personality of the person who is doing the writing.

    A lot of the blogs I read have a very strong visual appeal to them and I like that. Using a feed reader would just mean I wouldn’t get to see it :(

  10. June 6th, 2005 at 10:13 am Patrick () says:

    I can understand what you are saying, but when the blogs you read gets into the double digits and you read them on an absolute daily basis… it sure is a time saver. Just to see if there is something new. Then I go to the site to read it. Rather than opening them all, seeing that most of them have nothing new and closing it.

  11. June 6th, 2005 at 11:06 am Patrick () says:

    Don’t worry, though. I’m reading your blog at the same clip I’ve always been. :)

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