Information diet

[mbrubeck]

In an attempt to waste less time on the computer, I'm going on an information diet. I unsubscribed from all high-traffic mailing lists and most high-traffic web feeds. I love Google Reader's "trends" page, which ranks feeds by number of updates, and makes it easy to unsubscribe quickly. It also lets me see my progress:

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[mbrubeck]

It's surprising how agonizing it can be, deciding to unsubscribe from a news source. I find that I have a significant part of my identity tied up in what I read. But I found there was plenty of stuff on my list that I am, in fact, happy to miss. Also, I follow a handful of high-quality linkblogs (from Ryan Tomayko, Reginald Braithwaite, Simon Willison, and 37signals) that filter out the best stuff from a much larger set of sources.

By the way, you can check out my "techies" tag page to follow the technology-related blogs that I read.