Does Robert Scoble REALLY Need 600 News Feeds?
September 22nd, 2008 by Bob Bly
In his October 2008 Fast Company column, Robert “Odd Bob” Scoble says he will never buy another physical newspaper again in his life but instead subscribes to more than 600 news feeds in Google Reader.
I don’t know about you, but I don’t have time to look at 600 of ANYTHING — let alone RSS or Google feeds.
I was thinking of telling Robert to do what I do: look through a daily newspaper for 10-15 minutes each month to find items of interest, and supplement with Google searches for facts and news you need right now.
Advantages of a real newspaper over Google Reader:
1. You get to read nice large type in print instead of tiny type on a screen.
2. It’s portable. You can carry the news with you without a power supply or gadget.
3. You can rip out articles of interest for passing along or filing.
4. It’s fun, entertaining, and relaxing. Do it while you eat breakfast or lunch.
5. It gives you clear coverage at just the right level of information density of what happened within the last 24 hours (for news in real time, I go to cnn.com).
6. The newspaper is delivered free to my front door every morning.
One newspaper — or 600 news feeds? Which would you prefer?
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