Comments on: Subscribe Less To Read More http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/368/subscribe-less-to-read-more Mac & Technology Writings by Daniel Jalkut Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:29:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Daniel Pasco http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/368/subscribe-less-to-read-more#comment-125426 Daniel Pasco Sun, 01 Jul 2007 17:17:45 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/368/subscribe-less-to-read-more#comment-125426 "Managing Humans is an excellent book." I've been encouraging my guys to read it, too: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dlpasco/sets/72157600588254210/ Seriously, we've all enjoyed it. -Daniel “Managing Humans is an excellent book.” I’ve been encouraging my guys to read it, too: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dlpasco/sets/72157600588254210/

Seriously, we’ve all enjoyed it.

-Daniel

]]> By: Christopher Humphries http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/368/subscribe-less-to-read-more#comment-123516 Christopher Humphries Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:57:14 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/368/subscribe-less-to-read-more#comment-123516 Wow thanks for http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2007/02/25/a_glimpse_and_a_hook.html and everything else in his blog linkage :) Wow thanks for http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2007/02/25/a_glimpse_and_a_hook.html and everything else in his blog linkage :)

]]> By: Peter Hosey http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/368/subscribe-less-to-read-more#comment-123292 Peter Hosey Thu, 28 Jun 2007 07:05:08 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/368/subscribe-less-to-read-more#comment-123292 <blockquote>It’s a rare instance of finding a weblog where I not only want to keenly monitor what comes next, but also want to dig deep into the archives to take in what came before.</blockquote> <a href="http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/" rel="nofollow">Coding Horror</a> inspired the same reaction in me.

It’s a rare instance of finding a weblog where I not only want to keenly monitor what comes next, but also want to dig deep into the archives to take in what came before.

Coding Horror inspired the same reaction in me.

]]> By: Ryan Ballantyne http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/368/subscribe-less-to-read-more#comment-123205 Ryan Ballantyne Thu, 28 Jun 2007 01:45:38 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/368/subscribe-less-to-read-more#comment-123205 Not long after I first began subscribing to RSS feeds (which was around a year ago, I held out for a long time), I realized that it was slowly consuming my life. Of course, this is exactly the opposite of what it was made to do, but I just couldn't stop adding feeds and soon it got to the point where I would have to neglect important things in order to keep up (and sometimes I did! :o ). Eventually (I'm a little slow) the solution dawned on me: I just had to let go. Why should I care if I have feeds with unread items? Why do I need to devote attention to every single headline, even if it's just to give it the (spacebar) finger? Now, I don't even use the spacebar. It's useless if you don't want to move through everything sequentially, and I don't. I access my many feeds nearly at random, time permitting, and pick a few interesting things to read each day. Many news items march through my copy of NetNewsWire and drop off the feed unread. This way, I get to keep a very diverse subscription list, and I get to keep my life; it's the best of both worlds. PS - when you come home from vacation, don't "catch up". You don't owe your feeds any such thing. Just hit command-k on everything and start over. You'll be glad you did. Not long after I first began subscribing to RSS feeds (which was around a year ago, I held out for a long time), I realized that it was slowly consuming my life. Of course, this is exactly the opposite of what it was made to do, but I just couldn’t stop adding feeds and soon it got to the point where I would have to neglect important things in order to keep up (and sometimes I did! :o ).

Eventually (I’m a little slow) the solution dawned on me: I just had to let go. Why should I care if I have feeds with unread items? Why do I need to devote attention to every single headline, even if it’s just to give it the (spacebar) finger?

Now, I don’t even use the spacebar. It’s useless if you don’t want to move through everything sequentially, and I don’t. I access my many feeds nearly at random, time permitting, and pick a few interesting things to read each day. Many news items march through my copy of NetNewsWire and drop off the feed unread. This way, I get to keep a very diverse subscription list, and I get to keep my life; it’s the best of both worlds.

PS - when you come home from vacation, don’t “catch up”. You don’t owe your feeds any such thing. Just hit command-k on everything and start over. You’ll be glad you did.

]]> By: Bruce http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/368/subscribe-less-to-read-more#comment-123141 Bruce Wed, 27 Jun 2007 23:02:48 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/368/subscribe-less-to-read-more#comment-123141 I can't unsubscribe to that many; I'm only read three feeds! (In Safari, no less.) Those feeds are: Red Sweater, <a href="http://daringfireball.net/" rel="nofollow">Daring Fireball</a>, and <a href="http://dev.punbb.org/timeline" rel="nofollow">PunBB Trac</a>. I can’t unsubscribe to that many; I’m only read three feeds! (In Safari, no less.) Those feeds are: Red Sweater, Daring Fireball, and PunBB Trac.

]]> By: Gareth http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/368/subscribe-less-to-read-more#comment-123124 Gareth Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:47:25 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/368/subscribe-less-to-read-more#comment-123124 Sounds to me like you have a case of <a href="http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2003/07/10/nadd.html" rel="nofollow">NADD</a>! Sounds to me like you have a case of NADD!

]]> By: Brett http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/368/subscribe-less-to-read-more#comment-123118 Brett Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:34:36 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/368/subscribe-less-to-read-more#comment-123118 Oh dear, don't I feel dumb... I didn't know you could spacebar through unread feeds in NNW! /embarrassed Oh dear, don’t I feel dumb… I didn’t know you could spacebar through unread feeds in NNW!

/embarrassed

]]> By: Thom http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/368/subscribe-less-to-read-more#comment-123108 Thom Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:08:32 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/368/subscribe-less-to-read-more#comment-123108 I've been trying to cull feeds, but NetNewsWire's attention reports have been useless - they only measure click-throughs, and thereby punish full-text feeds. I wish there was a sort of 'smart playlist' function for newsreaders... I’ve been trying to cull feeds, but NetNewsWire’s attention reports have been useless - they only measure click-throughs, and thereby punish full-text feeds. I wish there was a sort of ’smart playlist’ function for newsreaders…

]]> By: Cameron http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/368/subscribe-less-to-read-more#comment-123050 Cameron Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:26:58 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/368/subscribe-less-to-read-more#comment-123050 Echo'd. Been following Rands for a while, and strongly looking at getting his book due to it. His insights into the software development management and development process and not only good reads but also found to be quite valuable. So much good content ... so little time. Echo’d. Been following Rands for a while, and strongly looking at getting his book due to it. His insights into the software development management and development process and not only good reads but also found to be quite valuable.

So much good content … so little time.

]]> By: Timothy Knox http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/368/subscribe-less-to-read-more#comment-123047 Timothy Knox Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:21:58 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/368/subscribe-less-to-read-more#comment-123047 I hate to be part of the problem, but I am going to suggest another programmer's blog that is on my must-read list: http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/ I worked at Amazon for some of the same time Stevey was there, and read some of his early, internal-to-Amazon-only blog posts with great interest and relish, and still consider his "Five Essential Phone Screen Questions" post (which somehow leaked to the great wide internet) one of the most useful articles on the subject. Ever. (Even more so than Joel's Guerilla Guide To Interviewing.) So even though you are urging your readers to unsubscribe blogs (an exercise I recently undertook for myself, eliminating three dozen (yikes!) blogs I never really read), I would urge them to check this one out. Really. He talks about programming, and being a programmer, and not much about the Chinese democracy movement. :-) I hate to be part of the problem, but I am going to suggest another programmer’s blog that is on my must-read list: http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/

I worked at Amazon for some of the same time Stevey was there, and read some of his early, internal-to-Amazon-only blog posts with great interest and relish, and still consider his “Five Essential Phone Screen Questions” post (which somehow leaked to the great wide internet) one of the most useful articles on the subject. Ever. (Even more so than Joel’s Guerilla Guide To Interviewing.)

So even though you are urging your readers to unsubscribe blogs (an exercise I recently undertook for myself, eliminating three dozen (yikes!) blogs I never really read), I would urge them to check this one out. Really. He talks about programming, and being a programmer, and not much about the Chinese democracy movement. :-)

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