Time to play

So I'm having fun playing with my RSS feeds and seeing what features are available. I think it hilarious that you can sort "my magic" - as opposed to oldest to newest etc!!!!

I also like the ways of organising, by folders, tags, starring etc. Now I just have to remember to use them. In Outlook I'm very pathetic at organising my feeds even though I know I can. So will have to make an effort during this learing time to pick up good habits of organising.

Not sure if I like this more or less than using Outlook. At this stage it is just different and needs some getting used to. I think ultimely I'll find it good but I just have to get used to it first. My brain hadn't yet computed that once we stop using Outlook I will need to read some of my work related RSS feeds some other way and it makes sense to use a Google product given we will be using Gmail. So I will definately end up using it for work, not sure if I will use it at home or not. The reason I started using RSS feeds both at work and home was that I didn't need to go and look at websites each day I could have them come to me instead, the more the list of website I read has expanded the more this has become imporant. For work especially I find this great. i get a couple of messages each day about things I might need to know on the idesk or things that I need to know for my job, it is really easy to keep up to date with things without needing to remember to do so.

Feeding on RSS

When I was at school I used to love it when I managed to complete my homework in class - that is my aim today.

We've been learning about RSS feeds using Google reader. I've already been using RSS feeds in Outlook both at home and at work. So first step was to transfer my work RSS feeds across - the I-desk blog and our teams blog.

The came the fun part, having a play and finding other things to subscribe to. I subscribed to the following:

• National Nine News - to get my daily news fix
• Masterchef - recipes to inspire
• The Backpacker - one of the SMH travel blogs
• No Money - Finance tips aimed at those between 15-35 (I really need the advice sometimes)
• Attic24 - the crafty crochet blog I mentioned earlier in the week, for my craft fix

I've already become addicted to RSS feeds using Outlook at home. I can see this addication growing. What a way to spend my working day ;-)