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I like to try and keep up with all my friends, visiting their sites somewhat regularly and posting comments on their site. But am starting to get overwhelmed! (I've never been good at speed reading...) How do you bloggers with pages and pages of friends do it?! :)
What do you do to keep up with your friends' sites? And how will your routine change in November?!
I use a feed reader to keep track of blogs. It lets me know when there are new posts so that I don't have to waste time checking on blogs that haven't been updated in a while. Firefox has attachments that do this, and some internet services like Bloglines or Google Reader do it as well. They're especially useful for keeping track of people after NaBlo when some of them stop posting quite as often.
I have Google Reader and it is awesome, but I mainly keep mine organized in iGoogle. That way I can keep them separated by topic into tabs and then skim across each of pages to look for new posts. But it is getting to be so many now, I have considered going back to Google reader, LOL.
Google Reader is the Bomb-diggity, no doubt. I do bookmark the ones who don't have a feed set up, but I do get behind in checking those, and sometimes I will only get to them once a week, which makes me then feel all stalkery because I leave a bunch of comments all at once.
Mostly I keep up because we don't have a TV. The intertubes are my Oprah.
Most of my off-line friends don't have sites, and the rest of them don't actually blog about anything I'd find interesting. Some of my on-line friends have really good blogs though, but the number I track is still low enough that bookmarking them (into categories according to subject, mixed with other sites on the subject) still works well. I've got CoffeeCup RSS News Flash ready for when I have too many blogs to read that way, though. It helps that I can speed read.
My routine won't change in November, except that I will be exploring the NaBloPoMo members' blogs as well.
Feed readers are definitely a great way to do this, as everyone's already said. :D I use Vienna, a News client, so that I can read offline, too, and everything's saved locally.
NaBloPoMo is a great way to find cool new blogs (I've already found so many I want to follow through this site!!), so I'm thinking there may need to be a new NaBlo folder for them all!
Ooh, interesting - I've been wondering about the same thing since I recently went back to livejournal. I've never tried Google Reader, but I will definitely have a look now.
Yay, I found it! You can turn any blog's RSS feed into a Syndication journal, to be shown on your friends' page, so if you primarily use LJ and don't want to check an online aggregator or use a news client, this is definitely one option! :D
hehe! I don't know how many people use it - tbh, I'd have so many blogs to follow anyway that putting them in a reader/online aggregator is probably easier so I can organize them! ooh, though you could use filters to do that on LJ.
Okay, babbling now! *G* have fun, however you decide to follow people!
I listen to about 70 podcasts and read about 70 blogs.
Now I am suddenly into this web 2.0 with friends stretching across two or more applications often with different names on each app! EEEK
I organise my podcasts through iTunes, my blogs through Google Reader and had to create a friends list just to keep track. I bookmark all my friends' websites/blogs so I can check what they are up to, but only subscribe to ones that hook my attention.
I subscribe to all forums so that I get email notification of changes. If I had to check through them all I would never sleep!
November I'll probably skim the most prolific blogs and delete some of the daily current affairs podcasts and I'm sure I'll post less in the forums!
Yes, I good points - I also list info about people I stalk, errr, follow closely in my address book application, like their blog address, their Twitter address etc. Even if I may not have their email. Helps me keep things straight.
Because my 'handle' is unusual and I am boring I use it almost everywhere. Leads to less confusion and I don't have to cope with a kaleidescope of personalities when I flip through various online sites.
I have met so many people on the Internet with very interesting Blogs. I kept a list of all my friends and try to check on them. Since I am chronically ill, I am limited on time. Also, I am getting ready to meet my new Grandchildren. My son and his lovely wife are having twins on Wednesday, October 31, 2007!
It is going to be a challenge keeping up in November. I am already behind and need to catch up. I love people in general and find everyone has something to offer, their opinion, talents, friendships, tips, etc.....the list goes on and on. I use bookmarks and Google Reader. I need to work on getting them in sync or just use one.
Here is a list of other communities with great people, interesting sites, discussions, etc.:
-Blog Catalog
-BUMPzee
and of course NaBloPoMo:)
