Bloglines

I've actually been using bloglines for a while now to read a large number of blogs, somewhere in the neighbourhood of 40-45 of them, though I try to keep it down. Especially because, on a week like this past one, where I was literally sick all week, I came back to find well over a hundred items! That kind of backlog is a bit nerve-wracking for me because I missed some important news from some people I have come to know through blogs.

I suppose I might feel differently if I were using it for only professional articles, thinking that missing one article about how a librarian in Arkansas was making a difference or something like that, I wouldn't feel as attached to not missing anything. I think though, that to get book reviews, for example maybe SLJ reviews, that way would be really great, because I find the wait for the paper copy to go around to all the branches in the district can be a bit much.

For some professional sites and news-type feeds, too, I find the volume a bit daunting, and sifting through to be annoying. So for those, I still do it the old-fashioned way and go to the website. It would be perfection for a journalist, for the really active bloggers like BoingBoing staff, or for serious news jjunkies, though.