Really, this isn't a hard concept to grasp: RSS is not email. You don't need to read everything. You don't need to feel overwhelmed. You don't need to feel guilty. What an RSS reader allows you to do is have a central location to categorize and read updates from all the sites you want to follow, and you get the added benefit of knowing what you've already seen. So what if you have 10000+ unread items across all feeds in your aggregator?
I like the gist of the article, but disagree with the opinion of dumping the RSS Reader. It seems to me that it's a mental shift that the author finds possible when using Firefox, but can't do with GReader
The "neutered RSS version" of the content is exactly what I want. I don't want ads. I don't want to see other headlines in the sidebar. I want to get through the content as quickly as possible, pick out the gems I like, and share them with friends. Opening up 15+ tabs is not my preferred method, though I can understand that it may work for others.
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Really, this isn't a hard concept to grasp: RSS is not email. You don't need to read everything. You don't need to feel overwhelmed. You don't need to feel guilty. What an RSS reader allows you to do is have a central location to categorize and read updates from all the sites you want to follow, and you get the added benefit of knowing what you've already seen. So what if you have 10000+ unread items across all feeds in your aggregator?
I like to disable the read/unread functionality and read only what grabs my attention.
I like the gist of the article, but disagree with the opinion of dumping the RSS Reader. It seems to me that it's a mental shift that the author finds possible when using Firefox, but can't do with GReader
The "neutered RSS version" of the content is exactly what I want. I don't want ads. I don't want to see other headlines in the sidebar. I want to get through the content as quickly as possible, pick out the gems I like, and share them with friends. Opening up 15+ tabs is not my preferred method, though I can understand that it may work for others.
http://sidsavara.com/personal-productivity/how-to-effectivel...
I also submitted it to HN just now:
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=591690