I downloaded Zite and selected two book news groups, among others. I became distracted and had to watch a guy pack his suitcase in "Packing Like a Pro", but I soon collected myself and restored focus. I then migrated to a Discovery news page "Wearable book plugs you in to characters' emotions". Well, it is interesting, but not for me. I do not need any assistance getting into a book, or movie for that matter. I was scared just reading the section in Whole Library Handbook about real haunted libraries.
While in library school, I set up a Bloglines account, got real excited, then never had the time after that to keep up on much.
Google Reader was discontinued in 2013, so maybe 23Things could find a video that doesn't use GR as an example. Here's an article from LifeHacker recommending reader alternatives:
I'm not on Twitter, but lots of people forgo a reader and simply follow on Twitter. I've been getting some of my professional reading sources from LinkedIn.
Yes, I miss our beloved Google Reader, too, but we still used that video because it's a great, simple video explaining what RSS feeds are and how they work, because we always find people who aren't quite sure what they are.
ReplyDeleteI just added this note behind the Common Craft video linked on our site, so hopefully it'll clear up any confusion: (NOTE: The Common Craft video shows a tool that is no longer around, our beloved Google Reader, but ignore that. The content about what RSS feeds are and how they work is what we want you to focus on in the video, not on the RSS reader they choose to use.)