Comments on: Too Much Information: a Follow-up http://www.keenerliving.com/too-much-information-a-follow-up A retired professional talks about life, technology, learning Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bruce http://www.keenerliving.com/too-much-information-a-follow-up#comment-26599 Bruce Sat, 12 Apr 2008 14:28:29 +0000 http://www.keenerliving.com/?p=795#comment-26599 Good points, Thomas. Glad you found something that works for you. Twitter certainly has its downsides, compounded by the practices of some who use it, but I still enjoy it, all in all, I think (sometimes I wonder why I am using it, though). Good points, Thomas. Glad you found something that works for you.

Twitter certainly has its downsides, compounded by the practices of some who use it, but I still enjoy it, all in all, I think (sometimes I wonder why I am using it, though).

]]> By: Thomas R. Hall http://www.keenerliving.com/too-much-information-a-follow-up#comment-26598 Thomas R. Hall Sat, 12 Apr 2008 14:22:15 +0000 http://www.keenerliving.com/?p=795#comment-26598 I'm often not in Twitter via the web or IM interface, as I'm running to meetings all the time, so I usually just get updates via SMS. However, I was following enough people that sent out frequent messages that my phone was alerting me of SMS messages all the time. However, I didn't want to miss any @replies that were sent to me. So, I decided to dig into the Twitter site and see what else there was out there. I do want to get a list of entries from people I follow, but I don't want to get them on my phone. So, I have subscribed to an RSS feed of my Twitter home page and do not get alerts for users any more. Twitter has a feature to allow you to track keywords, so I simply tracked my username by sending a message to Twitter. Now, I will get alerts via SMS/IM when somone @replies to me, but not other items directly on my phone/via IM. I can still catch up on everything, but via the RSS feed. Another thing I wish people would do is if they are sending something specifically for an individual that has no pertinence to others, they could send a direct message instead. That way, others following them don't have to see those entries. I’m often not in Twitter via the web or IM interface, as I’m running to meetings all the time, so I usually just get updates via SMS. However, I was following enough people that sent out frequent messages that my phone was alerting me of SMS messages all the time. However, I didn’t want to miss any @replies that were sent to me.

So, I decided to dig into the Twitter site and see what else there was out there. I do want to get a list of entries from people I follow, but I don’t want to get them on my phone. So, I have subscribed to an RSS feed of my Twitter home page and do not get alerts for users any more.

Twitter has a feature to allow you to track keywords, so I simply tracked my username by sending a message to Twitter. Now, I will get alerts via SMS/IM when somone @replies to me, but not other items directly on my phone/via IM. I can still catch up on everything, but via the RSS feed.

Another thing I wish people would do is if they are sending something specifically for an individual that has no pertinence to others, they could send a direct message instead. That way, others following them don’t have to see those entries.

]]> By: Bruce http://www.keenerliving.com/too-much-information-a-follow-up#comment-26584 Bruce Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:08:22 +0000 http://www.keenerliving.com/?p=795#comment-26584 Susan, good work with how you are doing your folders and categories. I like the concept of it a good bit. Will take some getting used to for me, as I have traditionally just used shortcut keys to move through the whole list, bypassing categories. But sounds like a very good way to go. Glad you like the GeekMommy link. Was insightful for me. Susan, good work with how you are doing your folders and categories. I like the concept of it a good bit. Will take some getting used to for me, as I have traditionally just used shortcut keys to move through the whole list, bypassing categories. But sounds like a very good way to go.

Glad you like the GeekMommy link. Was insightful for me.

]]> By: Susan aka gasusan2005 http://www.keenerliving.com/too-much-information-a-follow-up#comment-26583 Susan aka gasusan2005 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:00:44 +0000 http://www.keenerliving.com/?p=795#comment-26583 I must admit I added "inspirational" folder to my feeds because I need more feeds that make me go "hmmm"! I re-organized my MANY feeds into folders (categories) but ALL feeds also got assigned at least one other category (primary, secondary, tertiary, and probation/trial). It took more time than I would have liked to accomplish this (and I am sure I will do some tweaking)...but the results are great. Primary ones are the ones I don't want to miss. Secondary ones are ones I will read if I have some more time; tertiary are those that I want to follow but may only scan if I have extra time; and probation/trial are feeds that may get unsubscribed or are new and I haven't decided if they are "keepers". Twitter..I am still getting used to it. I found the article you linked to be very good..... and twitter does make you feel connected.... so like you, my twitter involvement is evolving! I must admit I added “inspirational” folder to my feeds because I need more feeds that make me go “hmmm”! I re-organized my MANY feeds into folders (categories) but ALL feeds also got assigned at least one other category (primary, secondary, tertiary, and probation/trial). It took more time than I would have liked to accomplish this (and I am sure I will do some tweaking)…but the results are great. Primary ones are the ones I don’t want to miss. Secondary ones are ones I will read if I have some more time; tertiary are those that I want to follow but may only scan if I have extra time; and probation/trial are feeds that may get unsubscribed or are new and I haven’t decided if they are “keepers”.

Twitter..I am still getting used to it. I found the article you linked to be very good….. and twitter does make you feel connected…. so like you, my twitter involvement is evolving!

]]> By: Bruce http://www.keenerliving.com/too-much-information-a-follow-up#comment-26582 Bruce Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:44:06 +0000 http://www.keenerliving.com/?p=795#comment-26582 Hi Brian, Glad you've gotten your feeds more at a level where they are serving you instead of vice versa. Thanks for mentioning NYT. It is one that I cut, but you are right that they occasionally have a great story. Besides, too much of my news input has a conservative slant (I am an independent, but generally conservative) and I need to offset that some and get more of mix of views on news. Hi Brian,
Glad you’ve gotten your feeds more at a level where they are serving you instead of vice versa. Thanks for mentioning NYT. It is one that I cut, but you are right that they occasionally have a great story. Besides, too much of my news input has a conservative slant (I am an independent, but generally conservative) and I need to offset that some and get more of mix of views on news.

]]> By: Brian Darvell http://www.keenerliving.com/too-much-information-a-follow-up#comment-26581 Brian Darvell Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:29:12 +0000 http://www.keenerliving.com/?p=795#comment-26581 I followed you on this task of cutting back feeds but I admit that I wasn't as deep into the trenches as you were. I had something like 90 feeds and managed to cut back to 50 or so and I really don't feel like I am missing much from it. I still get over 100 entries per day but it is way better than the 350+ I was getting per day before. I also got rid of Gizmodo and Engadget out of my list just as you did. The only feed that I am hesitant about is my NY Times feed which gives me perhaps some 20-30 per day. Most I don't read but there's the occasional winner that is really worth the distraction the other articles tend to be. I feel that I require at least one true World News source. I followed you on this task of cutting back feeds but I admit that I wasn’t as deep into the trenches as you were. I had something like 90 feeds and managed to cut back to 50 or so and I really don’t feel like I am missing much from it. I still get over 100 entries per day but it is way better than the 350+ I was getting per day before. I also got rid of Gizmodo and Engadget out of my list just as you did. The only feed that I am hesitant about is my NY Times feed which gives me perhaps some 20-30 per day. Most I don’t read but there’s the occasional winner that is really worth the distraction the other articles tend to be. I feel that I require at least one true World News source.

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