Comments on: Aggregation question for the day http://www.refreshtallahassee.org/2010/01/aggregation-question-for-the-day/ A community of web designers and developers Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:41:56 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Mike http://www.refreshtallahassee.org/2010/01/aggregation-question-for-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-1077 Mike Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:24:19 +0000 http://www.refreshtallahassee.org/?p=636#comment-1077 Thanks, Jay and Rachael. I'm with you on this one, but since I'd never really considered "human aggregation via Twitter" until earlier this morning, I decided to throw it out to the group and see if there was anything more to it. Come to think of it, blog feeds via RSS are also a form of "human aggregation"... and as you've pointed out, they're a more organized and useful form. Thanks, Jay and Rachael. I’m with you on this one, but since I’d never really considered “human aggregation via Twitter” until earlier this morning, I decided to throw it out to the group and see if there was anything more to it. Come to think of it, blog feeds via RSS are also a form of “human aggregation”… and as you’ve pointed out, they’re a more organized and useful form.

]]> By: Rachael Moore http://www.refreshtallahassee.org/2010/01/aggregation-question-for-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-1076 Rachael Moore Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:42:36 +0000 http://www.refreshtallahassee.org/?p=636#comment-1076 Nah, not really. All the reasons Jay named apply. On Facebook I friend coworkers, colleagues, and friends. I most of the mafia-wars-style app posts as soon as I get the first story, but Facebook is a more personal venue. I have a few friends who post web design/web development related links, but if I depended on that for news I'd hear very little. On Twitter I follow a lot of strangers whose sites I like, however, and there is significant overlap between the people I follow on Twitter and my favorite of the feeds I subscribe to through Google Reader. Most of those people tweet about their new blog entries, so my Twitter account often contains quality links about web design. However, I don't want to follow everyone on Twitter whose feed I am interested in keeping track of. And Twitter just doesn't work well for presenting me with a selection of material to choose from. Not to mention that the people I follow also tweet about a variety of tangential and personal topics. I'm glad they do, I'd probably feel spammed if it were all business all the time. But it does mean I miss a lot of tweets. On the other hand, it's certainly the true that I can't keep up with my Google Reader account; there are just too darn many articles. But Google Reader's functionality works for me there -- I can star things, tag them, and search for them later. I also like it for sharing articles and making notes to myself about them... Ultimately I've found I need a combination of aggregator and bookmarking service to really keep track of resources and reading. I haven't really found anything one solution that works for everything... Nah, not really.

All the reasons Jay named apply.

On Facebook I friend coworkers, colleagues, and friends. I most of the mafia-wars-style app posts as soon as I get the first story, but Facebook is a more personal venue. I have a few friends who post web design/web development related links, but if I depended on that for news I’d hear very little.

On Twitter I follow a lot of strangers whose sites I like, however, and there is significant overlap between the people I follow on Twitter and my favorite of the feeds I subscribe to through Google Reader. Most of those people tweet about their new blog entries, so my Twitter account often contains quality links about web design.

However, I don’t want to follow everyone on Twitter whose feed I am interested in keeping track of. And Twitter just doesn’t work well for presenting me with a selection of material to choose from. Not to mention that the people I follow also tweet about a variety of tangential and personal topics. I’m glad they do, I’d probably feel spammed if it were all business all the time. But it does mean I miss a lot of tweets.

On the other hand, it’s certainly the true that I can’t keep up with my Google Reader account; there are just too darn many articles. But Google Reader’s functionality works for me there — I can star things, tag them, and search for them later. I also like it for sharing articles and making notes to myself about them…

Ultimately I’ve found I need a combination of aggregator and bookmarking service to really keep track of resources and reading. I haven’t really found anything one solution that works for everything…

]]> By: Jay Colle http://www.refreshtallahassee.org/2010/01/aggregation-question-for-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-1075 Jay Colle Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:52:25 +0000 http://www.refreshtallahassee.org/?p=636#comment-1075 Nope. For one, the mix of relational and business "friends" on Facebook means I have to wade through waaaaay too many mafia contracts and rejoicing of new eggs being laid to glean anything of worth. After about two minutes of finding one meaningful status update out of twenty, I give up. Twitter, for me, is a good resource for links but, again, the personal is mixed with business (even with the effective use of lists to separate the "tweets" into categories) and most of the updates have no link. I have Google Reader open all day and still think it is the best way to stay on top of information. But, then again, I'm old... Nope. For one, the mix of relational and business “friends” on Facebook means I have to wade through waaaaay too many mafia contracts and rejoicing of new eggs being laid to glean anything of worth. After about two minutes of finding one meaningful status update out of twenty, I give up. Twitter, for me, is a good resource for links but, again, the personal is mixed with business (even with the effective use of lists to separate the “tweets” into categories) and most of the updates have no link. I have Google Reader open all day and still think it is the best way to stay on top of information. But, then again, I’m old…

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