Have you seen the quip on t-shirts and book bags, "too many books, too little time"? Well a 2006 version of that is "too many blogs, too little time!" After several attempts at self -education about news aggregators, I finally asked my valued friend and tech guru Brenda Hough for advice. She told me to go to Bloglines or another aggregator, and just start messing around. So I did, and now I have a very efficient and useful way to get the information I want.
What did I include in my aggregator? Well, of course I started with Jenny Levine's blog; next is the Free Range Librarian blog by Karen Schneider; and of course, I have to see the daily Unshelved comic! I like to read a variety of news, so I've got the BBC website, the Wichita Eagle blog and the Daily Kos. That, along with my daily NPR radio fix, and I think I have a fairly balanced view of what's going on in the world!? I've also got some personal feeds that I won't bore you with (quilting, Lutherans, and other various topics!) as I enjoy seeing what is new in those areas also.
I encourage you to try out this time-saver; you'll wish you could get all your web information this way!
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Hi Christie! Please feel free to add MLC's Blog RSS feed to your news aggregator. And you can also add our RSS feed for MLC's News & Announcements. Here's our web site with links to all of our RSS feeds: http://www.mlcnet.org/cms/sitem.cfm/library_tools/rss_feeds/
How are things in Kansas? Ruth
Thanks, Ruth! I sure miss you guys at MLC!
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