Comments on: Relieving my severe addiction to feeds http://www.kinggary.com/archives/relieving-my-severe-addiction-to-feeds/ The web from a younger perspective Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:26:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Determining who to remove from my Facebook friends list | King Gary http://www.kinggary.com/archives/relieving-my-severe-addiction-to-feeds/comment-page-1/#comment-16378 Determining who to remove from my Facebook friends list | King Gary Fri, 08 Jun 2007 04:12:10 +0000 http://www.kinggary.com/archives/relieving-my-severe-addiction-to-feeds/#comment-16378 [...] a similar nature as my previous post regarding cleaning up my list of feeds, I’ve begun to clean up my Facebook friends [...] [...] a similar nature as my previous post regarding cleaning up my list of feeds, I’ve begun to clean up my Facebook friends [...]

]]> By: Kelz http://www.kinggary.com/archives/relieving-my-severe-addiction-to-feeds/comment-page-1/#comment-16268 Kelz Thu, 07 Jun 2007 22:50:58 +0000 http://www.kinggary.com/archives/relieving-my-severe-addiction-to-feeds/#comment-16268 Whew Gary! I thought u were on the crackpipe or sumthin LOL! Cuz "feeds" sounds like slang for a narcotic. So uh u got rid of those ripoff ads huh! Good, Gary! Whew Gary! I thought u were on the crackpipe or sumthin LOL! Cuz “feeds” sounds like slang for a narcotic. So uh u got rid of those ripoff ads huh! Good, Gary!

]]> By: Chris Garrett http://www.kinggary.com/archives/relieving-my-severe-addiction-to-feeds/comment-page-1/#comment-10924 Chris Garrett Sat, 26 May 2007 10:43:44 +0000 http://www.kinggary.com/archives/relieving-my-severe-addiction-to-feeds/#comment-10924 I'm not sure how you count your feeds in blogbridge but I have too many. Way too many. Even with the star-rating system my opml is out of hand. Time for me to purge too I think :) I’m not sure how you count your feeds in blogbridge but I have too many. Way too many. Even with the star-rating system my opml is out of hand. Time for me to purge too I think :)

]]> By: Gary King http://www.kinggary.com/archives/relieving-my-severe-addiction-to-feeds/comment-page-1/#comment-10850 Gary King Sat, 26 May 2007 03:25:36 +0000 http://www.kinggary.com/archives/relieving-my-severe-addiction-to-feeds/#comment-10850 Ilya, yikes, sounds like there's going to be some new disruptive tool coming soon. I can't wait! :D Ilya, yikes, sounds like there’s going to be some new disruptive tool coming soon. I can’t wait! :D

]]> By: Ilya Grigorik http://www.kinggary.com/archives/relieving-my-severe-addiction-to-feeds/comment-page-1/#comment-10827 Ilya Grigorik Sat, 26 May 2007 01:13:15 +0000 http://www.kinggary.com/archives/relieving-my-severe-addiction-to-feeds/#comment-10827 Gary, I feel your pain. I'm stuck in the same vortex of having to continuously add new feeds to my reader.. but then not reading most of them, because the sheer volume of the content is just too much. To answer your question about the number of feeds, take a look at my earlier blog post: <a href="http://www.igvita.com/blog/2006/12/21/reinventing-rss-readers/" rel="nofollow"> Reinventing RSS Readers</a>. In the near future, I'm hoping you want have to purge your reader. I think I know how to solve the problem, and I'm hoping to launch our product within the next month. In other words, stay tuned! :) Gary, I feel your pain. I’m stuck in the same vortex of having to continuously add new feeds to my reader.. but then not reading most of them, because the sheer volume of the content is just too much.

To answer your question about the number of feeds, take a look at my earlier blog post: Reinventing RSS Readers.

In the near future, I’m hoping you want have to purge your reader. I think I know how to solve the problem, and I’m hoping to launch our product within the next month. In other words, stay tuned! :)

]]> By: Gary King http://www.kinggary.com/archives/relieving-my-severe-addiction-to-feeds/comment-page-1/#comment-10736 Gary King Fri, 25 May 2007 19:11:10 +0000 http://www.kinggary.com/archives/relieving-my-severe-addiction-to-feeds/#comment-10736 David, most of mine are techie ones. I've got a few that aren't, but a lot are for learning Ruby code, etc. ;) David, most of mine are techie ones. I’ve got a few that aren’t, but a lot are for learning Ruby code, etc. ;)

]]> By: David http://www.kinggary.com/archives/relieving-my-severe-addiction-to-feeds/comment-page-1/#comment-10734 David Fri, 25 May 2007 19:04:16 +0000 http://www.kinggary.com/archives/relieving-my-severe-addiction-to-feeds/#comment-10734 You're nuts I say, nuts! I've only got 10. How is an April 20th post recent? Email me some of your more interesting feeds, I'm sure there's quite a few in your list that I'd enjoy. You’re nuts I say, nuts! I’ve only got 10. How is an April 20th post recent? Email me some of your more interesting feeds, I’m sure there’s quite a few in your list that I’d enjoy.

]]> By: Gary King http://www.kinggary.com/archives/relieving-my-severe-addiction-to-feeds/comment-page-1/#comment-10717 Gary King Fri, 25 May 2007 15:32:43 +0000 http://www.kinggary.com/archives/relieving-my-severe-addiction-to-feeds/#comment-10717 <p>Paul, regarding Digg, I sort of used to be like that before, but now, I just read the top 3 headlines for each day. I'm not nearly as bad with Digg as other people are. Also, for my feeds, I've learned to skim through items like there's no tomorrow; I can brush through 50 items in about a minute, because I just glance at the headlines and only star what I think is read-worthy and then go back to my Starred items afterwards.</p> <p>Also, 'information addiction' is indeed a term: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_addiction</p> Paul, regarding Digg, I sort of used to be like that before, but now, I just read the top 3 headlines for each day. I’m not nearly as bad with Digg as other people are. Also, for my feeds, I’ve learned to skim through items like there’s no tomorrow; I can brush through 50 items in about a minute, because I just glance at the headlines and only star what I think is read-worthy and then go back to my Starred items afterwards.

Also, ‘information addiction’ is indeed a term:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_addiction

]]> By: Paul Butler http://www.kinggary.com/archives/relieving-my-severe-addiction-to-feeds/comment-page-1/#comment-10716 Paul Butler Fri, 25 May 2007 15:23:53 +0000 http://www.kinggary.com/archives/relieving-my-severe-addiction-to-feeds/#comment-10716 I have had varying levels of information addiction (if this isn't a term, it should be) over the last little while. Now I have around 40 feeds, most of which post more than weekly but less than daily, so it isn't hard to keep up with them all. But I was once at a point where I had a desktop aggregator and would refresh all the time. Even recently, I went for a few weeks reading every story that came into Digg and Reddit (not actually clicking the link necessarily, just reading the headline). Currently I use iGoogle and scan over the page a few times a day to see if I notice any new links. I have had varying levels of information addiction (if this isn’t a term, it should be) over the last little while. Now I have around 40 feeds, most of which post more than weekly but less than daily, so it isn’t hard to keep up with them all.

But I was once at a point where I had a desktop aggregator and would refresh all the time. Even recently, I went for a few weeks reading every story that came into Digg and Reddit (not actually clicking the link necessarily, just reading the headline).

Currently I use iGoogle and scan over the page a few times a day to see if I notice any new links.

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