socialmedian: Goodbye RSS. Welcome Real-Time Web!

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Goodbye RSS. Welcome Real-Time Web!

Source: Robert Scoble - FriendFeed

Apr 13, 2009

Summary

A few weeks back I mentioned here that I was giving myself a whole week without a single check of my Google Reader feeds in order to see how reliant I had become on RSS, and where I could shift my priorities in order to become more productive. It’s a technique I tried last year with Twitter, and I think proves effective with anything you want to gain a new perspective on. I mentioned I was going to report after my hiatus, and I admit I have been slacking, considering it’s now almost a month later. The time has been good on me though, as I’ve been able to learn how to adapt after my hiatus, and have found several things that have worked for me.

What I Learned

Going without RSS was insightful. I learned what was really important to me, what I may be able to do without, and what I would miss without RSS. First of all, the things I learned that were most important:

Blogs I write on - it’s important for me to know what my co-authors were writing so I can stay up to date, as well as promote the content of the blogs I write for.