The Problem
I let my news feeds get unmanageable. I had something like 110 different feeds. I’m cutting back now, although I’m still at 75. I think I got so many feeds because I would subscribe to them based on what was going on in my life. When I was learning all about David Allen’s Getting Things Done, I added GTD feeds. When I was working at Austin during the legislative session, I added political feeds. I had financial feeds. I added blogging feeds to make the best of this blog.
The problem is that I’ve moved on to new things, but the feeds stayed. So, I’m figuring out what it is that is important to me now and have started cutting back on the feeds. Here are the ones that are getting cut:
Feeds to Cut
- Feeds that no longer apply to my current life situation. Self explanatory.
- Feeds that post too frequently. There is no way I can keep up. Trying to do so kills so much of my time. 50 time-saving posts a week kills a lot of time. Feeds are supposed to save time, not make it easier to waste it.
- News. I figure that if it’s important, people will talk about it.
- Feeds I don’t get. I have to admit, I subscribe to feeds based on one post that may have made sense. Sometimes, however, I don’t get the writer beyond that one post.
- Feeds for stuff I can easily Google. If the posts are that good, they’ll show up on search results, right?
Feeds to Keep
- Friends. Rather than shoot emails at each other, it’s easier to read their blogs.
- Local feeds. I’ve got to know what’s going on locally.
- Feeds that are relevant to my life now. I need a constant flow of ideas for my current projects.
- Exploratory feeds. Some feeds are a great source for research into things I want to try before I get there.
UPDATE
I cut my feeds down to 50. I’ll keep it steady there for now.
