Blogs, and being reasonable with my own attentions

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[K. Todd Storch]

Very good point. I'm currently up to 156 feeds and that is after getting rid of some.

I read a tip from someone that he wouldn't add a new feed without getting rid of 2 feeds that were essential.

Thanks Rosa!

Todd

[Dick Richards]

220! Zounds! I have also recently done a purge. Got rid of all but a couple of political blogs, thinking all the while about Tom Robbins, who wrote something like, "The world's problems will not be solved by political means because they are not political. They are philosophical." I would add "spiritual."

[Steve Sherlock]

Yes, I understand the problem. I am nearing 300 feeds and the last time I was this high I also made some significant cutbacks.

I did try folders before but they did not work as well as I wanted. Maybe I'll give them another try.

Focus and time management is a constant challenge. There is so much to read out here in the blogosphere. And what if someone says something that I can add my two cents too! I do not want to miss that opportunity.

I do regret spending time reading here because I do sacrifice book reading time however I do not let the regret linger long. It is still reading, and I am still learning, and that is good! It is also good because there is so much interaction here. The book is more one sided.

[Dwayne Melancon]

You remind me of a painting called "Woman Who Wants It All."

I am fortunate(?) enough to have a lot of time on planes to read off-line stuff. I love this, particularly because it is such a one-way thing. I read, I learn, I file, etc. With blogs, the seductive power is that they are so *not* one-way. We read; We learn; We file. And We poke at each other on the good things and the bad; the agreements and disagreements.

Lately, I have been able to keep up with *reading* other blogs but I have felt a void because I haven't been able to interact with them due to time (and energy / motivation) limitations the past 6 weeks or so.

The best part of "talking story" (in general, as well as your blog) is the interaction. It's not the same without it.

[Dwayne Melancon]

By the way - I'm not complaining. Just lamenting. You've still got a named parking place on my daily blog crawl list.

[Rosa]

Dwayne, you are right, I admit it not knowing what that painting looks like -- I do want it all!

You’ve hit on what I most wanted to say here before I allowed my post to meander down the folders pathway: I miss the interaction, and I genuinely want to support the rest of the community (both on their own blogs and in other non-blogging ways at times) for it adds to my own well-being too. Knowing you as I do, I’m not surprised you can feel the same void at times too -- are you sitting next to me in that painting? And Todd. And Dick. And Steve. And so many others in our community.

Now that’s an intriguing thought, to imagine just what that Ho‘ohana Community painting would look like, on a canvas first washed in the aloha spirit which drives and nurtures us all.

[Ken Partain]

Dwayne's comments could have come right out of my mouth. I too, have plenty of time on airplanes when I can read books, magazines and trade journals. In the evenings when I am sitting in my hotel room (like right now) I appreciate the time to go through my unread blog posts and involve myself with this online community.

Rosa, thanks for all you do to keep it going.

Aloha,
Ken

[Yvonne DiVita]

Rosa, you are super-human. A woman of many talents. Your most marvelous talent is connecting to others - and making us all feel special. I see a thread here - one that is being echoes all through the blogosphere: how the *&%$ do I keep up with all these blogs!!!

Answer: you don't. Not every day. You find a couple of dozen that you just can't do without, and you follow them. You subscribe to others as you would to a newspaper or magazine, and read them at leisure, or when preparing for a presentation ;-)

Meanwhile, one of the best things any blogger can do is come to Talking Story and soak up your posts, connect with your Ho'ohana community, and just be thankful that you cut through the chaff.