Reading habits
True confessions time: I no longer make use of my Google Reader. There are thousands of unread posts in there.
Somehow, about six months ago, I stopped culling RSS feeds and following certain people. Now, I just go to Twitter and follow tempting links from there. I cannot tell a lie: it’s so extreme a change that I’m not even faithful to Seth Godin anymore.
If I had more time, every day, to spend reading posts, it would be wonderful to keep up with everything. As it is, however, going fishing on Twitter (and sometimes Facebook) for an hour or so is all I can afford. Oh yes, and LinkedIn group discussions enthrall me for some time every day as well.
This keeps me up to date on many things, though the process mostly lacks the in-depth study that’s available through a Reader. In-depth is best when you have a chosen a path for learning; but using social networks and grazing blogs and articles relates well to plain old daily life.
It stumps me that we’re all urged to post to a blog daily, but no one really has all that much time to read. How can these opposites attract?
