Oct 31, 2006 | blog
While I’ve unsubscribed from Dave’s Scripting News feed for the time being, I also have to give him kudos for developing and describing the River of News view. Over the past 2+ years that I’ve been using RSS for news consumption, I’ve tried about 10 or so different readers, out of which I ended up with Pluck for at least a year and a half.
This summer, however, I started playing around at other readers again and ran across a post somewhere espousing the benefits of Google Reader. So I tried it, and liked it – a lot. I’d tried several River of News views before, but GReader seems to hit the sweet spot for me. Reading and marking posts in GReader’s “All Items” view (by newest) is the most efficient way for me to read feeds now – I can’t even go back to feed-by-feed reading any longer.
Also, after reading Scoble’s use of GReader’s sharing feature, I also discovered my own personalized Link Blog. Neat how that works – if anyone is interested in what I’m reading, they can simply view my link blog. Its the actual posts I read from my list of feeds.
Via: Scobleizer – Dave Winer was right about river reading
Feb 19, 2006 | blog
I agree with Dave Winer’s analysis about blogging is a part of life. The notion that an enabling technology being the news is misleading – the technology is just a mechanism for each of us to communicate our thoughts and ideas, in an easier, faster cheaper way.
Each new enabling technology (PCs, Email, Internet, MP3s, Digital Photography, Digital Video, etc…) is just another tool for everyone to leverage in their day-to-day lives. Saying that blogging is “dead” makes no sense, as there are millions of new blogs created each month. While some of this may be a fad that draws people in, I for one have become intrigued by the blogosphere and the conversations within it. Just like I was drawn into using the Internet as a research and communications tool. Of course, blogging may not be for everyone, just like Instant Messaging isn’t for everyone.
And Dave is correct when he says that new businesses will spring from blogs – the communication & collaboration is what drives new ideas and concepts. What do you think new businesses start from? Nothing? Ideas are what change industries and the world, and when you have clear, simple communications (i.e. Naked Coversations – see Scoble), you have the necessary foundation to build on.
Via: Scripting News
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