That said, having now played around a bit with bloglines and Google Reader, I can see the benefits of that kind of dedicated reader. I like that I can see it all, no distractions, fully formed. Or I can limit it, to only show me headlines, or just from one feed. Whatever I like! Feeds are a fantastic thing for those of us who like to keep informed in all kinds of areas.
A lot of sites I already use regularly have RSS feeds (pretty much any blog will, I know), so it was pretty easy to find some to subscribe to. To continue themes I've already mentioned on this blog, these are the ones I sought out:
- Stephen Fry's blog (Here)
- Daily Kos (A US, left-leaning political blog) (Here)
- Photos from Kythryne (Wyrding Studios photos) (Here)
- PostSecret (Anonymous secrets sent out on postcards) (Here)
- Fighting Monsters with Rubber Swords (a father's blog of his journey with a wordless daughter) (Here)
Plus the Powerhouse Museum one. I did have some trouble finding the feed for that one - but I sought out the flickr feed, and added that, in the end, which seemed to make sense. I wish more sites made it more obvious, though I didn't have too many problems for the most part. I suppose a lot of sites do make money off advertising on the site, and feeds would circumvent it a little. Interesting thought.
We do have feeds listed for use by library staff, and on our website, but I just don't see it being used. I think it really depends on what you're looking at. If it's something you want to keep up with daily, yes, but you might also just get it by e-mail (where available). That said, not all of these sites have e-mail updates. So! I think it might be a little hard to train people into this, but I think it would be worth it for some things.
(I have now added feeds to the sidebar - ooh and ahh as appropriate, ladies and gentlemen.)
(PS: Thank you for all the comments on my sexy, sexy socks! I'll have to put some more up at some point).
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