I have always thought that those little RSS (real simple syndication) boxes on websites were cute - they looked cheerful and potentially useful, I thought, and then I busily ignored them and went on my way.
And yes, I found out today, they really are useful - using Bloglines, I chose a few popular feeds that interested me and also cut and pasted a link from CBC into bloglines to get their RSS feed as well. There they were - cute little feeds just waiting to be read. Easy, quick, awesome, right?
Well, sort of. What I didn't count on was the anxiety produced when I suddenly saw all this information waiting to be read. I'm a librarian, I should enjoy having all this information to read, shouldn't I? But. it. was. just. too. much. information. I can't read it all! Even if I did have time to read it, I would then spend time wanting to buy/read/see/eat/wear/know all the things I was reading about, producing even more and different anxiety. It's just too much!
I may have to go back to my pre-RSSS state, or maybe just take it one feed at a time...too much excitement at once!
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