Bloglines was an interesting experience. It describes itself as an online news aggregator.
It is a website that lets you manage all of your RSS feeds, news, site and blog updates and more. It’s nice because it lets you funnel information you are interested in right to you at one site. You can see right when you go there which of you feeds has new information to read/look at. You can organize the information using folders, and can search for posts, feeds, citations, the web or URL. When you find something you like or are interested in subscribing to it is easy, just a click of the mouse and you’re done.
I chose some technology feeds, librarian blogs, and some hobby things I’m interested in as well as a few little distractions like comic strips. I will definitely add more later, I like this for several reasons:
1.) Convenience – the ability to access all your feeds in one place
2.) Easy – after a little practice it’s an easy to use site
3.) Exposure – using the lists like top 1000, you can find or be exposed to information that interests you, it’s yet another way to find information, and maybe for some, it’s easier.
You can also share your bloglines account with others publicly, that is, you can let others see what you're looking for and maybe they will find something they are looking for or are interested in as well.
If you want to you can check out my Bloglines
I also took a look at Pecha Kucha which is like a convention where young designers meet to share ideas, network and be inspired. I found their use of PowerPoint very interesting, and refreshing. As a student who has sat through long PowerPoint presentations for years I know exactly what they mean by “death by PowerPoint syndrome”. To avoid this they follow a 20x20 format that means each presenter can show 20 slides for 20 secconds each, giving them 6min 40sec presentations.
I think its a great to share ideas like this. It can be very beneficial and lead to inventions that could help a lot of people.
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