Week 3 - RSS Feeds

Finding out about RSS was an enjoyable discovery for me. I have absolutely loved setting up a Bloglines account and having multiple blogs viewable in one place. This is for me. This makes me more inclined to follow blogs now.

Setting up the bloglines account was simple. I already had some blogs in mind that I new I wanted to follow such as Seth's Blog which is one of a few blogs I have frequently dipped into up until now.

Probably the easiest method of finding feeds was to look at the "top 100" type lists featured on sites such as Bloglines and Technorati. I looked at Topix and found myself unexpectedly reading about Paula Abdul's apparent departure from the American Idol Family but I didn't really like the Topix site much. Didn't like the layout. But that's me and knowing me, if I look at again a week's time that might change.

I used the search feature on Bloglines a bit and in my travels I was surprised to find quite a few feeds related to libraries some of which (e.g. The Shifted Librarian) were in the Top 1000 list. I made sure I added a few work related feeds to my account because I am a good boy and do as I'm told!

How will I discover new blogs in the future? Search tools and and web sites have their place but at this stage I feel that I'm gonna seek out a new blog if and when somebody recomends it to me - either in real or virtual life over the radio or whatever.


All in all feeds are cool and I think I'm gonna keep using them. I'll be back on tomorrow checking for new posts and I'll be back on Technorati too to try and find some new stuff.