You know what the best part of this whole 23 Things is? Asking for help from and talking with coworkers about the current "Thing." Everyone is having fun, everyone is helpful, everyone tells me their opinions on our current assignment. Generally I walk down the hall to the nearest department, which, fortunately, is full of knowledgeable people. I already knew that I work with such great people, but this project just affirms it.
So, this RSS thing...... Really, really easy to set up. The directions on the NEFLIN website have been outstanding -- thank you! I have to say, though, that I'm not really getting what the hoopla is all about. It seems to me I now have yet another account to check. It's basically another email account. I have very few sites that I check on a really regular schedule, so I don't see RSS as saving me time. Just the opposite. It seems to me that it's just as easy to go directly to cnn.com and browse through the pages I follow. Peruse, read and I'm done. Why go to Google Reader and pull up my account just to see a list of articles? I can save a step and go directly to the site myself. Plus I'm so used to what the site looks like that it's fast and easy. I can see the advantage of RSS, I guess, if someone follows lots of blogs and lots of news and library sites. But, for me, I don't see any advantage. I'm glad I know how to do it, though, and I'll monitor my Google Reader for awhile to see how I like it.
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Liking what you have to say. Have been trying to "follow" for most of the evening, but that feature has been asleep. i think it just woke up. Look forward to what you will be saying.
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