DISQUS

Scobleizer: Reading feeds

  • Samuel Wells · 2 years ago
    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!
  • Priya S · 2 years ago
    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 www.watblog.com, its a blog on the Indian Web Advertising Technology (WAT) scene.

    :)
  • Nicholas Butler · 2 years ago
    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
  • theswissjob · 2 years ago
    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.
  • Jake · 2 years ago
    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.
  • Moksh Juneja · 2 years ago
    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...
  • Stoneford · 2 years ago
    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
  • Phil Whitehouse · 2 years ago
    I love reading your link blog....keep up the good work!
  • Darryn Smith · 2 years ago
    Thank you so much. you are so knowledgable. I have learnt so much from this blog. Thank you again for all your hard work.
  • Jim Posner · 2 years ago
    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
  • Sameer · 2 years ago
    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.
  • peter huesken · 2 years ago
    ...that seems to be http://share.opml.org instead of "ShareYourOPML.com"
  • Tech Povera · 2 years ago
    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/differen...
  • mrspin · 2 years ago
    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-...

    Enjoy!
  • mattrixDOTinfo · 2 years ago
    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."
  • Louis Gray · 2 years ago
    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.
  • Nick Starr · 2 years ago
    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.
  • Greg Furry · 2 years ago
    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.
  • bbebop · 2 years ago
    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'...
  • MattD · 2 years ago
    Feel free to add my site. You may find items of interest....

    http://blog.devost.net
  • deannie · 2 years ago
    Seriously, I could never read that much if I wanted to. I get tremendous value from your link blog. Thanks!
  • Gary Denness · 2 years ago
    Well, if you want to read about Mexico, there's always my blog....:(
  • Jason · 2 years ago
    Make it 740 with www.blantonio.us easy read and usually only 1 or 2 posts a day. Cheers
  • Donal Reddington · 2 years ago
    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/te...)

    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-sha...

    Hope this helps.
  • Dimitar Vesselinov · 2 years ago
    I subscribe to 9,450 feeds:

    http://www.bloglines.com/public/divedi
  • Jim Posner · 2 years ago
    Donal-That worked! Very Cool thanks for the tip..much appreciated.
  • Herschel · 2 years ago
    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...
  • Robert Scoble · 2 years ago
    Herschel: I cover how I read my feeds here on video: http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/05/16...

    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?
  • Mickey Papillon · 2 years ago
    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
    www.thecellphonejunkie.com
  • Malinda · 2 years ago
    You are my feed reading hero! LOL. Keep up the good work.
  • JuventusCadillac · 2 years ago
    hey,
    add one more to your reader http://www.theindietribune.com
  • AndrĂ© Hedetoft · 2 years ago
    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.
  • Simon · 2 years ago
    This is a huge list. Nice work and thanks for sharing.
  • Ramjee · 2 years ago
    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).!
  • Herschel · 2 years ago
    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...
  • dahowlett · 2 years ago
    Hmm - for some reason the link didn't hit:
    http://www.accmanpro.com/2007/07/12/scoble-my-m...
  • Don Dodge · 2 years ago
    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
  • David Russell · 2 years ago
    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.
  • David Scott Lewis · 2 years ago
    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.
  • David Scott Lewis · 2 years ago
    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+outsour... or http://tinyurl.com/ysfyxd (to view it, NOT to add it)