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I've got 99 subscriptions in Google Reader right now, but over 1000+ stories unread. I'd say half are from sites that post 30+ items a day. These I won't necess
by apgwoz 18y ago
I've got 99 subscriptions in Google Reader right now, but over 1000+ stories unread. I'd say half are from sites that post 30+ items a day. These I won't necessarily read but instead will just skim the titles for key interest words.
The rest, I'll eventually skim through and read maybe 30% of, but over the span of a few days.
With Hacker News though, on a good day, there's potentially 30+ great posts that I'll try to read throughout the day (the headlines of course go through my interest scan filter), from many blogs that I don't subscribe too.
I'd say I do the Google reader thing for about an hour daily, and reading Hacker News stuff another 1 or 2 easily.
- abhishekdesai 18y agoThats good number and good amount of time in a day you spend for reading. But how useful those 30+ posts blogs are? I unsubscribed mashable because of the same reason and I don't think I am missing anything.
- apgwoz 18y agoIt's hard to say, because those 30 vary in topic by the day. I should note that some end up being web comics, or straight up photos and things. Others end up being on topics like Emacs (you can always use more emacs tips, right?), Programming Languages, Usability, Security, new sites/utilities, Photography. I learn a lot of new things, or at least get pointed to things that I might need to know about some day. I guess I sort of try to be a swiss army knife of knowledge. If you ask me a question, I may have a small tool to help answer, but you'll need a workshop if it's extensive (I normally know where the closest one is though).
- abhishekdesai 18y agoI guess I have also developed this kind of ability (swiss army knife) after couple of years of reading habit. Google reader has changed everything :)