Comments on: Blogruptcy – It’s the metaphor http://dougist.com/2008/09/blogruptcy-its-the-metaphor/ Douglas Barone Wed, 14 Mar 2012 22:39:22 +0000 hourly 1 By: Doug http://dougist.com/2008/09/blogruptcy-its-the-metaphor/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Doug Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:31:08 +0000 http://dougist.com/?p=31#comment-46 <p>Erin: I remember as a kid the first time that I waked into Readers on University Place and bought a copy of the New York Times (for 15 cents I think) and took it with me to school. I thought I was so sophisticated to be reading the paper without the comics (in other words not the Daily News) But I also remember wondering as the day wore on and I had not yet quite finished the first section, how anyone could read the whole thing in one day, every day.</p> <p>As Matt and his commenters suggested, the key to the survival of information flow may well be the company you keep. Your personal blogshpere can act as a filter and alerter to key items.</p> <p>Matt: And thank you again for the great conversation!</p> Erin: I remember as a kid the first time that I waked into Readers on University Place and bought a copy of the New York Times (for 15 cents I think) and took it with me to school. I thought I was so sophisticated to be reading the paper without the comics (in other words not the Daily News) But I also remember wondering as the day wore on and I had not yet quite finished the first section, how anyone could read the whole thing in one day, every day.

As Matt and his commenters suggested, the key to the survival of information flow may well be the company you keep. Your personal blogshpere can act as a filter and alerter to key items.

Matt: And thank you again for the great conversation!

]]> By: Matthew Cornell http://dougist.com/2008/09/blogruptcy-its-the-metaphor/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Matthew Cornell Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:00:51 +0000 http://dougist.com/?p=31#comment-45 <p>Thanks again for your wonderful comment, and for the kind recommendation.</p> Thanks again for your wonderful comment, and for the kind recommendation.

]]> By: Erin C. http://dougist.com/2008/09/blogruptcy-its-the-metaphor/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Erin C. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:32:59 +0000 http://dougist.com/?p=31#comment-44 <p>I feel time slip away from me as I try to follow all of the blogs I want to follow. The RSS feeds make it so easy, not only for blogs but also for newspapers, magazines and other news sites. But because it is so easy, I end up importing feeds that I can't possibly read, and then I feel badly that I cannot get to everything I am interested in.</p> <p>The bottom line for me is that I have to be ok deleting posts without reading them, even if I risk losing some interesting information. And like Matt said, if I do a lot of deletions and find that I am not really missing anything, I will delete the feed altogether.</p> <p>I'm glad to see that your comment sparked further conversation. Thanks for sharing this with us!</p> I feel time slip away from me as I try to follow all of the blogs I want to follow. The RSS feeds make it so easy, not only for blogs but also for newspapers, magazines and other news sites. But because it is so easy, I end up importing feeds that I can’t possibly read, and then I feel badly that I cannot get to everything I am interested in.

The bottom line for me is that I have to be ok deleting posts without reading them, even if I risk losing some interesting information. And like Matt said, if I do a lot of deletions and find that I am not really missing anything, I will delete the feed altogether.

I’m glad to see that your comment sparked further conversation. Thanks for sharing this with us!

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