Reading feeds
I’m going to play the arrogant bbbaaaahhhhssstttaaarrrddd and brag about how many feeds I’m reading and how many items I’m putting on my link blog.
Google Reader says: “From your 739 subscriptions over the last 30 days you read 28,433 items, and shared 979 items.”
Seriously I really appreciate the kind notes you all have been sending me about my link blog. I really love doing it and reading so much helps me keep up with the industry and know what companies are getting hot. Plus you tell me it saves you lots of time. It’s a lot easier to read 1,000 items a month than it is to read 28,000.
If you have a blog or news source you’d like to see me add to my link blog, let me know. UPDATE: I just uploaded my OPML file (a list of all the feeds I read) to share.opml.org. That site lets you see all my feeds and compare how many people are subscribed to each one. It’s even cooler if you upload your own list of feeds (er, OPML file) to that site.
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July 11th, 2007 at 3:41 am
wowwwwww, I simply had no idea you read THAT MANY! items, let alone subscribed to that many feeds!!!
keep up the good work of the link blog, what would you do without google reader!
July 11th, 2007 at 4:32 am
WoW! thats a lot of reading…. But thanks to your list of feeds, i got a few more interesting blogs to read now. As for Adding another blog, try http://www.watblog.com, its a blog on the Indian Web Advertising Technology (WAT) scene.
:)
July 11th, 2007 at 4:54 am
Your my HERO !
Yes I aspire to catch up with you in terms of feeds read. I just dont see any other way to stay ahead of the information curve. So if you would be so kind as to add http://www.loudmouthman.com/feed/ to your reader I will well chuffed !
Nik
July 11th, 2007 at 5:06 am
If you have time in between the reading and blogging I’d appreciate a mention of my humble page.
http://theswissjob.wordpress.com
Many thanks for your efforts, keep up the good work with the blog.
July 11th, 2007 at 5:08 am
I got up to 170 and am now back down to 130. I feel so small… I’d say subscribe to my blog, but I figure you wouldn’t care a bit about Linux related content.
July 11th, 2007 at 5:20 am
Even I have read the feeds three times everyday.. and then check it on my mobile… still dont complete all of them… I empathise…
But you are amazing score with number of feeds and with the ones you share it with us…
July 11th, 2007 at 5:24 am
Just ignore the valleywanker. I have 578 feeds and read almost 40.000 items the last 30 days. My respect to you for keeping us up to date with so many feeds and articles to read. For me it’s hard to track the news with so many feeds. I think I can’t handle many more.
A couple of days ago I read an article over at Ryan Clark Holiday’s blog where you responded also. (Sorry time flies, I thought you cleaned up your feeds not too long ago, It looked for me like yesterday.) FYI, I noticed your OPML file and I found a couple of more interesting feeds :-) Ryan Clark says he can’t find 600 good websites/blogs on the internet, so I don’t agree with him
July 11th, 2007 at 5:44 am
I love reading your link blog….keep up the good work!
July 11th, 2007 at 6:25 am
Thank you so much. you are so knowledgable. I have learnt so much from this blog. Thank you again for all your hard work.
July 11th, 2007 at 8:02 am
Robert-
I tried to save the link above as an opml file and import into google reader but it doesn’t work. Google reader chokes on it. Is there a way to post a “pure” opml file that is importable into google reader? Thanks-Jim
July 11th, 2007 at 8:27 am
Your link blog absolutely rocks Robert. I’ve recently shaved off about 50% of my blog RSS feeds in favor of topical RSS feeds from Technorati searches and your link blog is a nice compliment to stay on top of important topics. Keep it up.
July 11th, 2007 at 9:00 am
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July 11th, 2007 at 9:21 am
…that seems to be http://share.opml.org instead of “ShareYourOPML.com”
July 11th, 2007 at 9:35 am
Coincidently, I just posted today my opinion about what makes you different from the rest of us (bloggers) and why you are on the A-list. http://www.techpovera.com/blog/2007/07/difference-between-list-bloggers-and.html
July 11th, 2007 at 9:37 am
Great resource, your link blog and OPML file. I was about to email you this cool guest post over at last100 http://www.last100.com/2007/07/11/microsoft-on-your-telly-a-history-of-the-companys-internet-tv-strategy/
Enjoy!
July 11th, 2007 at 9:48 am
Thanks Robert for all the hard work. Since I’ve subscribed to your feed I have added many more great feeds based on your posts. If you’re looking for something humorous to read I’ve started a “diary” about my life in Corporate America. Give it a lookover… I would love to be “Scobleized.”
July 11th, 2007 at 9:57 am
Google Reader Says: From your 186 subscriptions, over the last 30 days you read 14,854 items, starred 0 items, and shared 496 items.
I’d love to share the OPML file, but many of the search functions are work-related, and we’re trying not to mix the two focuses.
ONE MORE THING: It turns out that since I added your shared link blog to my feeds, it’s been the #1 source for items I share myself. I didn’t expect that.
July 11th, 2007 at 11:07 am
Can you share the opml file itself, there doesn’t seem to be a way to download it from Share Your OPML. I’m the 17th most prolific subscriber on Share Your OPML, and would like to compare your opml file with mine using Radio Userland.
Thanks.
July 11th, 2007 at 11:13 am
Robert,
I am surprised I didn’t see any flickr feeds listed. GoogleReader is an awesome way to keep up with your flickr or zooomr friends photos. I stick all mine in a flickr folder and then rip through them really quickly. If I see one I want to view larger I just command click (mac) on it to open in a new tab. After I have a few tabs open I go through the tabs looking at the photos and closing tabs as I go. That way all the photos are preloaded and I just close a tab to get to the next one.
July 11th, 2007 at 11:16 am
New RSS Reader Feature Request: A per-feed content filter, so I never have to read a post where Scoble is pimping his ‘link blog’…
July 11th, 2007 at 11:17 am
Feel free to add my site. You may find items of interest….
http://blog.devost.net
July 11th, 2007 at 11:30 am
Seriously, I could never read that much if I wanted to. I get tremendous value from your link blog. Thanks!
July 11th, 2007 at 12:43 pm
Well, if you want to read about Mexico, there’s always my blog….:(
July 11th, 2007 at 1:40 pm
Make it 740 with http://www.blantonio.us easy read and usually only 1 or 2 posts a day. Cheers
July 11th, 2007 at 2:10 pm
Jim Posner and Nick Starr:
I ran into the same issue regarding the non-portability of Share Your OPML data some time back. (http://www.madeforone.com/Articles/index.php/technology/sharing-my-blogroll/)
A comment on that post led me to Feedshow, which has a utility to convert any Share Your OPML subs list back into actual OPML data. Try it out at:
http://www.feedshow.com/goodies/opml/really-share-your-opml.php
Hope this helps.
July 11th, 2007 at 2:26 pm
I subscribe to 9,450 feeds:
http://www.bloglines.com/public/divedi
July 11th, 2007 at 3:18 pm
Donal-That worked! Very Cool thanks for the tip..much appreciated.
July 11th, 2007 at 3:35 pm
I don’t think so Robert… You can’t really be comprehending what you are reading.(http://www.eclecticismo.com/hhblog/2007/07/robert_scoble_is_a_liar.html)
Just my goofy opinion…
July 11th, 2007 at 4:05 pm
Herschel: I cover how I read my feeds here on video: http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/05/16/how-scoble-reads-622-rss-feeds-each-morning/
On first pass I’m not “reading” per se, but looking for items that are worthy of reading.
On second pass I, indeed, do read.
And, anyway, the proof is in the pudding. Are the items consistently high quality? Does noise slip through?
I’d say “yes” and “no.” So, if that’s the case then how did that happen if I didn’t “read” every item?
July 11th, 2007 at 4:21 pm
Robert,
Love the site and the work you do!
The Cell Phone Junkie is my website/podcast that you may want to consider. We do a weekly show that is dedicated completely to cell phones. Thanks for your consideration.
Mickey
http://www.thecellphonejunkie.com
July 11th, 2007 at 7:07 pm
You are my feed reading hero! LOL. Keep up the good work.
July 11th, 2007 at 10:20 pm
hey,
add one more to your reader http://www.theindietribune.com
July 11th, 2007 at 11:07 pm
Wow. That is a lot of feeds! How much time do you spend a day?
Personally I’ve been there. Trying (and not really succeeding) reading A LOT of feeds. Now instead I just have a few on which I can actively comment and contribute to.
July 12th, 2007 at 12:30 am
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July 12th, 2007 at 4:14 am
This is a huge list. Nice work and thanks for sharing.
July 12th, 2007 at 5:32 am
Are you human??
Than many feeds!!
I will try my luck. May be I can be one in the lot.
http://sodidi.blogspot.com (so-did-i).!
July 12th, 2007 at 5:52 am
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July 12th, 2007 at 7:20 am
Ok Robert, yea, you always have interesting posts on your Blog and you do have good link items. After watching the shaky video, I realized that you indeed do not “read” every link item. You have developed a really good “human filtering algorithm” that works well.
You should apply for SCI-FI’s “Who wants to be a superhero.” Your shtick would center around “saving IT from boring blog posts… — Blogomaniac.”
Keep up the good work…
July 12th, 2007 at 7:50 am
Hmm - for some reason the link didn’t hit:
http://www.accmanpro.com/2007/07/12/scoble-my-meta-data-librarian/
July 12th, 2007 at 8:34 am
Robert you are the man! Interesting that only 3.4% of all those feeds make it to your link blog. Sounds about right to me.
Thanks for being our filter and editor!
Don Dodge
July 12th, 2007 at 12:26 pm
Thanks for convincing me to give Google Reader another go. I tried it when it first came out and it was pretty bad, but now it’s fantastic and has replaced BBC News as my homepage.
July 19th, 2007 at 5:03 pm
I’ll share three link blogs:
Over 600 that I use to search within, i.e., I search within the feeds and create RSS feeds from the search results. Nice Bloglines feature. Your readers could do this with your blogroll, too, by importing it into a Bloglines account (or you could do this for them and then they could search within your feeds). Frankly, there’s no way I could review 600 feeds, so the search within Bloglines feature is great!! And I’m searching within feeds that I’ve already qualified. Searching the blogosphere = way too much noise. Searching within pre-qualified feeds = mostly on target.
http://www.bloglines.com/public/DSL
My top 200 or so, which I regularly review. Fact is, I use Omea Pro, which is much better than Google Reader (which I also use) or Bloglines (or GreatNews, for that matter).
http://www.bloglines.com/public/QBL
And, since I’m in China, my top 20 feeds covering China.
http://www.bloglines.com/public/bestonchina
The disadvantage of using Omea Pro is that I can’t share, but the lack of a social bookmarking option is far outweighed by all the other goodies offered by Omea Pro (which is free). Check it out: It’s really superior to anything on the market … but it only runs under Windows.
*** If sharing is most important, I’d recommend Google Reader.
*** If creating a personal digital library (PDL) is most important, then I’d DEFINITELY recommend Omea Pro, especially if combined with Furl.
Another option, of course, is to use Google Reader combined with Furl. Still, Omea Pro still has a lot more features — useful features, too — than does Google Reader.
Disclosure: Some of the feeds I read do NOT make it on my public blogrolls. Hey, that’s life. Some things I’d rather NOT share.
July 19th, 2007 at 5:15 pm
Robert, play nice and create a public Bloglines blogroll for everyone. This way they can export the OPML file. They can also create searches within your blogroll, i.e., create RSS feeds from the searches.
See this as one example from one of my public Bloglines blogrolls:
http://www.bloglines.com/search?q=china+outsourcing&ql=en&s=f&pop=n&news=m&i=m&u=DSL&uid=c0a64900&n=100&format=rss or http://tinyurl.com/ysfyxd (to view it, NOT to add it)
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