Feed Me!

RSS is a real easy way to get the latest news from sites or blogs. If there are a number of sites that you visit on a regular basis, RSS allows you to collect all the updates in one location through the use of an aggregator such as Bloglines or Google Reader. No longer do you have to visit each site individually to check for changes, the aggregator automates the process.

There is, however, a downside to feed subscriptions. All of the updates still need to be read. I've heard stories of people subscribing to a hundred or more feeds with the feeling that the aggregator will make life easier. To an extent, it does this by consolidating the latest feeds in one location, but they still have to be at least skimmed. And, the more you subscribe to, the longer it takes.

I think the trick is to keep the number of subscriptions to a manageable level (which varies according to each individual). Unless, of course, you're able to spend all day reading!