Initially I felt quite overwhelmed with the concept of RSS and newsreaders. I thought, "I don't want to follow multiple news sources. Why would I need to know how to use this technology?" But for the sake of the "23 Steps" I determined to forge ahead.
Imagine my relief when the first two tutorials made the basics of RSS quite clear. Next I went through the steps in bloglines and set up my own account complete with several feeds. So far so good. They actually work!
Moving on to examine the bloglines search tools became more of a challenge. I think I will seek out some advice from colleagues before I spend more time exploring these sites.
The search tools seemed time-consuming for locating RSS feeds. At this point I prefer to add feeds to sites that I already know about or to sites recommended by co-workers or to sites recommended in articles that I read.
Here are a few of the sites that I linked to through bloglines:
Library Bytes by Helene Blowers (primary developer of our Library 2.0 program)
Shifted Librarian - cutting edge articles on technology and the future of libraries
BBC - if I must read news this one seems more global in coverage
The Simple Dollar - a "fun" blog about money wisdom and unexpected tangents like "10 Books that changed my life"
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