Comments on: noise http://lorissashepstone.com/2009/03/noise/ designer, photographer, photoblogging fundi, geek Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:58:38 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Lorissa http://lorissashepstone.com/2009/03/noise/comment-page-1/#comment-149 Lorissa Sat, 04 Apr 2009 13:54:13 +0000 http://lorissashepstone.com/?p=164#comment-149 I definitely agree. It really is all about being selective and opting to follow people and blogs that somehow enrich you. I think I'm in need of a bit of a clean-out in my Google Reader to make sure the blogs there are all there for good reason. I definitely agree. It really is all about being selective and opting to follow people and blogs that somehow enrich you. I think I’m in need of a bit of a clean-out in my Google Reader to make sure the blogs there are all there for good reason.

]]> By: Jorge Quinteros http://lorissashepstone.com/2009/03/noise/comment-page-1/#comment-137 Jorge Quinteros Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:07:09 +0000 http://lorissashepstone.com/?p=164#comment-137 I entirely feel your discomfort. There's a wealth of blogs that I subscribe to but only a select few that I anticipate rushing to since I've concluded that these are the blogs that educated and inspired on a subject that I wasn't aware of before. The operative theme in this being that you're willing to make time for the blogs that enrich you and forgo the ones that consume you. For that reason, I've minimize my subscriptions tremendously and have found reading blogs more enjoyable rather than feeling that I created another inbox that needs to be brought down to zero. Twitter participation works around my time and not on feeling obligated to chime in when that annoying Twitterrific bird chirp alerts you of updates. Needless to say, I'm anti Twitter desktop apps. Ultimately who you follow, whether it's on Twitter or by RSS subscriptions will determine how a person feels towards all the noise. If one is to follow just the people that produce content that supplement ones field of work or interest, the noise should seem more like silent wind. I entirely feel your discomfort. There’s a wealth of blogs that I subscribe to but only a select few that I anticipate rushing to since I’ve concluded that these are the blogs that educated and inspired on a subject that I wasn’t aware of before.

The operative theme in this being that you’re willing to make time for the blogs that enrich you and forgo the ones that consume you. For that reason, I’ve minimize my subscriptions tremendously and have found reading blogs more enjoyable rather than feeling that I created another inbox that needs to be brought down to zero.

Twitter participation works around my time and not on feeling obligated to chime in when that annoying Twitterrific bird chirp alerts you of updates. Needless to say, I’m anti Twitter desktop apps.

Ultimately who you follow, whether it’s on Twitter or by RSS subscriptions will determine how a person feels towards all the noise. If one is to follow just the people that produce content that supplement ones field of work or interest, the noise should seem more like silent wind.

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