RSS to the Rescue?
Photo by Rhonda Lane
I try to keep up with my favorite blogs but it can be tough. Real Life gets in the way of Virtual Life.
So, it’s RSS to the rescue. Because I don’t check my Google and Yahoo accounts often, I have it sent to my main email. Apparently not all blogs do that. So, I just click on over to the over to the blog itself where I do my reading. A post from several days ago, especially on a busy daily blog, may catch my eye so I might comment. But then I get a knuckle-rapping message for being late.
My virtual tail drops between my legs as I slink back to where I feel more welcome. Maybe there’s something good to be said for blogs not posting every day? A little laid-back atmosphere?
So, I RSS when I can. But then there’s something else I miss in RSS posts — the fancy design layout (theme/template) that so many bloggers pay such good money for.
Those layouts, to me, are like a restaurant’s decor. Yup, I go for the food and the fact that someone else does my dishes, but I also go for the atmosphere. Otherwise, I’d just order takeout and eat at home in
front of the TV. Some RSS feed posts do show up with some design elements, but I still feel like I’ve pulled up to the Chili’s To-Go window again.
Rhonda,
I know what you mean. I use http://www.bloglines.com for my RSS feeds, which is very convenient, but without the site graphics. You don’t get the full effect unless you click on over to the blog. However, I can save blogs to look at later, and as long as the title link remains, clicking on it takes me to that particular post.
Lyndi
Lyndi Lamont
March 10, 2008
Thanks for the tip, Lyndi. That’s going to come in handy.
remlane79
March 10, 2008
Don’t feel bad about getting around to all your blog comments a few days late. I find it hard just to post something everyday. We do what we can, and the rest just has to wait until tomorrow. I got a lot out of our class, but now I know enough to know I know so little.
Sandy Levin
March 10, 2008
Rhonda, I agree with you (and the comments from Lyndi and Sandy) that we don’t always have time to blog. That said, I still like reading various comments. Sometimes I’m more in the mood to read than write. Having taken the blogging class, I came away with a comfort level. I plan to maintain my blog although it isn’t my tippy-top writing priority.
Kathleen Rowland
March 11, 2008
I think I’ll keep it up, too. And then I’ll move it over to a permanent home, like Sandy did, with a link to the new address. But that’s a ways away for me. So, I’ll keep adding things here.
Rhonda/remlane
March 11, 2008