Ok, I have to say, first I was down on the whole RSS thing. As someone who worked in the field of comics on the web (cough...webcomics.) I wasnt too pleased with the idea that people could subscribe to my strip without going to my site at all thus lowering my visits crippling my advertising cache.
But now I'm not doing it anymore so what do I care?
Honestly though, I found most the sites I was subscribed to required me to visit their site anyway after the intial blurb or teaser and I never really found Google Reader to be that intuitive in the first place. HOWEVER, since I got my iPad I have found several very cool apps that rearrange the RSS feeds to essentially look like a virtual newspaper or magazine which is GREAT.
So in this case I didnt really search or add anything to my feeds as they're full enough right now, thankyouverymuch, but I can certainly talk about what I'm already subscribed to.
As should be of no suprise to people who know me, I follow a lot of Comic book sites. In fact that covers the most of my RSS feeds. Sites like Newsarama, Comic book resources, ifanboy, Comics Alliance, Webcomics.com and the-isb.com are just a few of the places I check up on.
Besides those, I have a folder that keeps tabs on various library blogs(Librariansmatter, tamingtheweb), as well as folders for Science (I intend to check these, I do. Hey I have a degree in Environmental Science. I will check these..just like I'll read the New Scientist magazines I keep collecting...), Technology (Engadget, Wired, that kind of stuff) and Entertainment (Dark Horizons, /film, you get the idea). Finally I do follow a few Videogame Blogs as well (Gamelife, Toucharcade, Kotaku and so on).
So a good mix of Work and Play there I believe.
Hi Michael, thanks for sharing such useful information. It seems that you are very clued-up with RSS feeds.
ReplyDeleteI read a article recently on Mashable questioning whether twitter & facebook updates had killed the need for RSS feeds, particularly in the light of the shutting down of (rss reader) Bloglines. It seems, based on your experience, it's how RSS feeds are accessed/viewed that has changed, not the usefulness of the feeds themselves
ReplyDeleteWhoops - I mean "I recently read an article.."
ReplyDeleteHey! Is it possible to get the url to your web comics? Cheers
ReplyDeleteI still have no idea what I'm doing with RSS feeds (we're only at the beginning of the training in my world), but thanks for listing some of your video game blog faves. I shall have to check them out!
ReplyDeleteFreddo - nah, my early stuff is too embarassing and my later stuff..well, i stopped paying for the site so thats gone too. I might post it up here though.
ReplyDeleteSaire - no probs, its good to have another gaming library type person around.