It may sound a little ridiculous to some, but maybe not to the others who are used to seeing “1000+ unread items” in their feed readers, but I have just spent the last hour or so going through my RSS feeds and determining whether I would have time reading them while I’m in US.
I have not been reading those feeds religiously (like I used to) after Chinese New Year because if I could recall correctly, I haven’t been really free since then. I was offered a scholarship to for a turtle conservation training in the USA (what I’m going to do in the US), I passed my viva, and my turtle camps started on March 17th, and ended on April 4th.
Anyway, I have just very brutally reduced my list of RSS feeds because I have a feeling I might not be able to catch up with all the blogs, news and what-nots on a daily (or even weekly) basis. I am retaining only those feeds whose blogs I read AND comment. Actually, I find that I am reading too many blogs, without commenting, and that pretty much take up all my “online time”.
To those who still drop by despite the lack of content (I’m sure you realized my cutie pie sister had to help me ensure this blog was free of cobwebs), thank you very very much.
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i didnt know abt yr going to the US. learn as much as u can n come back n make a difference
Enjoy your trip!!
I know the feeling. Sometimes it’s as if my Google Reader simply IS the internet now.
And it’s not just the unread items…there are always so many starred items to be catching up with too!
Enjoy the US.
Oh you point me out..
Me.. another one that left “1000+ unread items”
I guess I am lucky in that I don’t have an RSS reader problem
Most of the stuff I subscribe too, like this lovely blog, come to my email box. So much better for me!
I’m just as guilty, I let them sit there & accumulate
It’s hard to keep up when you’re abroad… I experienced the same last month when I was in France.
Drop by when you have time!
I’m using a Sidebar tool and I only subscribe to online news because I don’t read the newspapers or watch TV news. Hee hee hee…
After reading this post, I’m afraid to subcribe to anything other than news…
Don’t worry Pelf, I’ve got your blog in my Blogroll so you’re just a click away.
LOL, I hardly subscribe any RSS as I always put the URLs at my blogroll section. With the Snap Shots Plugin for FireFox, IE and Safari, I’ll be able to move my mouse to the link and get the updates of that page right from my own blog. Cool huh? Saves up a lot of time…
This is what it reads:
“Snap Shots™ is now available as a browser add-on, so you can bring Snap Shots with you to the rest of the Internet, enhancing your browser experience with the right content at the right place and time.”
BTW, today I met a friend of yours. His name is 忠贤 and according to him you were his course mate. He asked me to ask you if you know him or not. LOL…
Oh how I know what you mean. I have 171 blogs in my Google Reader, and that is already AFTER my brutal reduction!
hey pelf,
when are you going off to the US again?? will you be around for the convo this year?