What I'm Reading Now on the sidebar? The one thing I didn't like about the Share feature of Google Reader is that although it is effortless to publish a feed of articles I find interesting it is completely without context.
Instead I will be publishing Posted Items on my Facebook profile, where I can add context.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
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Have you considered using StumbleUpon and its feed instead?
I considered it (admittedly very briefly) but it seemed too new-fangled and complicated for this simple country doctor.
Fundamentally does it let me add a context, some form of analog, on why I want to "share" it? I'll take another look since you are my Personal Web 2.0/3.0 Adviser.
For me it all comes back to: what is a blog? My understanding is that the old school thinking is that blogging is all about publishing useful links one has visited - optionally with context.
The new school thinking on blogs, and my way of thinking, is that they are themselves content, not just a series of links.
My initial impression of StumbleUpon was that is was essentially a convenient means to an old school blog. Which interests me less and less as I see that the old school thinking favoring quantity over quality.
But I will take another look.
Giving StumbleUpon a whirl was quite possibly the worst web software experience I've had in years.
I didn't like that it required software, but I could tolerate a Firefox plugin.
All I got was "Incorrect Password" messages. I followed all recommendations from StumbleUpon and various fora to remedy the situation. Even without the plugin, removing cookies and eliminating stored passwords, all stumbleupon.com urls yield only "Incorrect Password" - even the flippin' "contact us" if its all fubar link fails.
What a piece of crap.
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