Google Reader and I have a love-hate relationship. I read several good blogs that continually give me useful information. I also read read or skim many that are more of a waste of time.
They are tricky things, blogs. Someone sends you a link, and you think, “I like this blog post. Maybe I should add it.” Two clicks later, you have added an extra stream to the firehose of information you get every day.
They’re tricky to remove, too. You don’t want to miss those occasional gems, so you sift through the dross every day. All that sifting wastes time and energy. Letting posts build up in your reader causes anxiety.
Time to cut back.
I have an idea for how to weed out some of the many, many writing blogs I’ve added to my reader. I’ll share that with you in just a bit.
