feed reader folders
Being someone in a sort of a life transition type of spot, I thought I would take the time to rework my folders in my newsreader. The previous content was somewhat work-related and I needed a pivot. It took 2 hours and was totally not my fault, but I am not sure what technology component to blame, software, hardware, carpal tunnel, etc. At any rate, the following folder structure made sense to me:
Fashion - Yes, I read some fashion blogs. Lot of good it does me. Anyway.
Microsoft B List - This is the set of blogs by microsoft employees that merit occasional but not daily reads. Not an insult. Really.
My A List - A short list of people I know personally (such as, can call in the middle of the night type of thing. Not that I do that a lot.) Or, they are writers or prolific folks funny enough that for some reason I care about their lives even though I don't know them. Or, people who have commented in this blog like, ever (back when comments were working - sorry about that - hopefully fixed soon). Also, there are some strategic subscriptions in there. The point of my A list is if I have only 10 minutes I would feel updated and amused looking at these feeds only.
Productivity - This is a new experiment with ghettoizing productivity blogs so I don't cut short my jogging sessions with buying new shoes. That's a famous metaphor, perhaps not all that famous, but the idea is it is more fun to buy running shoes than it is to go running. This is why the ghettoization might be useful. An experiment.
Writers - These are folks who are affiliated with old school media. People with actual paper books or journalists on newsstands.
Alphabet City - A small set of folders such as A-D, E-H, etc, for feeds that I could not categorize as above. The alphabetical thing helps because I want to grab a readable pile in one chunk, and the whole alphabet is too big.
This entire process was just to categorize existing feeds. I now need to go and acquire new feeds according to what will help me in my next mission. Perhaps it will go the other way around, the feeds I acquire will determine the mission. We will see.