WIth the popularization of RSS, it has become apparent to me that the amount of content generated by the internet wildly exceeds one’s ability to keep up.
(Hey, I’m a quick learner. It only took a year of trying to keep up to grok that fact. It was slammed home when I missed reading my RSS feeds when “stuff” got crazy. it’s overwhelming.)
SO, it’s time to “adjust” the strategy:
(1) Ruthlessly prune what one attempts to keep up with.
(2) Look for sources of “distilled” DIKW.
(3) Compartmentalize. (For example, my alumni feeds have been moved to Google reader tied off the alumni Google throw away id.)
(4) Seek “editorial” blogs that have high value content (i.e., Opton’s Six Figure Learnings http://execunet.blogspot.com)
(5) Develop ruthless methodology to prune feeds with in a category. Like creating a category of feeds called “Productivity” with subcategories of Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Lead. Add Platinum at the top if you want five. Periodically promote or demote feeds.
(6) Focus on the meme discovery sites or the peer-voting sites.
Start asap. The tide is rising.
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