Organizing RSS Overload
If you feel all those RSS feeds overwhelm you, you should try this method suggested by Stephen Nipper at rethink(ip). Stephen said whenever you have new RSS feed lands onto your news aggregator, you should put all of them to a folder called “Probation”. Then once a month, run through and promote any rss feed that worth to read in regular time into categorize folders:
… Most aggregators allow you to create “groups” for your blogs. I have groups for “blawgs,” “bored,” “technology,” etc. (see a picture below). The most important group of all is called “Probation.” Into the Probation group goes every new blog I add to my aggregator. EVERY one. Consider it a quarantine tank for your RSS aquarium. Once a month, go through your Probation group and cull the herd, promoting some to the big leagues, while giving others the boot…
Of course when the feed is not worthwhile, remove them from Probation to avoid spending your time on it.
Controlling RSS Overload…Animal House Style – [rethink(ip) via Creative Inteligencia]
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Chinarut says on February 24th, 2007 at 10:22 am
hmm – i’ve heard this tip before and tried an “incubation” folder and not finding out it really helps.
what i feel I’m really looking for is a way to tag my feeds and see different “views” – the time element playing some role in this equation to help scope articles as well.
the only wacky idea is probably on the lines of being able to create your own taxonomy (take my use of the word with a grain of salt..) – being able to come up with a classification that is hierarchical in nature to help manage depth of knowledge at varying levels.
these are random stab in the dark and clearly experiencing overload right now!