Feediction

I have been addicted to web syndication since the moment I read about the concept. I have been using a feed reader (mostly desktop readers until Google Reader’s second incarnation came long) for almost four years now (scary). It all started with Shrook on the Mac which I fell in love with. It also helped me to find topics to blog about initially and saved me a couple of hours a day trying to find the news stories I was really looking for.

I remember when my OPML only had 20 or 30 feeds in it. I am currently subscribed to 193 feeds in Google Reader right now. I recently removed the 15 or so job board feeds I read regularly because I am currently employed and don’t need to read them everyday. I’ve also started to get rid of feeds that seem to only provide me duplicate information (I recently dumped Engadget for Gizmodo which is far more sarcastic and punchy). A few months ago I dropped all of my feeds based on Windows related topics which cut back about 15 or so. I realized that I just wasn’t reading the content because I had no love left for Windows.

I used to read the feeds of all of the old TechTV personalities especially shortly after the mass exodus and before it became G4. I haven’t kept up with them for about two years now with the exception of Leo who is unavoidable especially if you are a Mac user or fan. Right now I seem to be finding and subscribing to more DIY, GTD, and blogs run by individuals than anything else. My reading habits seem to change like the direction of the wind.

I am going to try to cut back on my feeds and purge the feeds of sites that aren’t updated on a regular basis. I have also noticed that the time I spend reading feeds in Google Reader is getting longer and longer each day. I spend far too much time during the day stopping to browse the feeds. I am going to limit my feed reading to twice a day and see if I can make it through the withdrawals. Wish me luck.

Tags: feeds, Geek, Google Reader

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