RSS overload

Posted on 13 April, 2005 by andrew

A few months ago I started using bloglines to aggregate RSS feeds.
The result?

136 unread articles in bloglines

81 feeds, and 136 articles I’ve kept unread because I haven’t had a chance to read yet! I’ve noticed that I now spend about an hour a day just reading the new entries, and despite a concerted effort to try to clear the backlog, I’m getting further behind.

Will the growth of RSS lead to yet another form of information overload?

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3 Responses to RSS overload

  1. Michael Mahemoff says:
    13 April, 2005 at 7:53 am

    Hi Andrew, I’m glad to see you’ve started this blog. Scoble led an “Overload” session at bloggercon, which was podcasted.

    Looking forward to lots of JLPT content, I could do with the reminders! More overload for me!

  2. M1K3Y says:
    16 April, 2005 at 5:13 pm

    Hey Parkes!

    Bloglines is DOWN again, right now.. darnit.
    One thing I wish it had, was a way to distinguish ‘unread’ articles from ‘new’ articles.

    SmellYaLater.

  3. andrew says:
    18 April, 2005 at 2:49 am

    Yeah, I think you’re really supposed to use the “clippings” or “My Blog” feature, rather than keep them as unread.

    The “My Blog” feature didn’t work when I signed up for bloglines a few months ago (I put in a bug report, never heard back). Just checked now, and it’s working! Might be time to try it out.