Comments on: A GTD Approach to Organizing and Reading Your Feeds http://danielmiessler.com/blog/a-gtd-approach-to-organizing-and-reading-your-feeds grep understanding Tue, 15 May 2012 12:09:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Grabbing Google Reader by the neck and taking control (Faceted Classification) | Homepages of Karthick Gopal http://danielmiessler.com/blog/a-gtd-approach-to-organizing-and-reading-your-feeds/comment-page-1#comment-243581 Grabbing Google Reader by the neck and taking control (Faceted Classification) | Homepages of Karthick Gopal Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:05:39 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/a-gtd-approach-to-organizing-and-reading-your-feeds#comment-243581 <p>[...] what the GTD Google Reader ninjas had in mind for the young padawan. Introducing Sensei's Daniel Miessler and the ever favourite Steve Rubel. Here is the system they follow and something I plan to test [...]</p> [...] what the GTD Google Reader ninjas had in mind for the young padawan. Introducing Sensei's Daniel Miessler and the ever favourite Steve Rubel. Here is the system they follow and something I plan to test [...]

]]> By: Daniel Miessler http://danielmiessler.com/blog/a-gtd-approach-to-organizing-and-reading-your-feeds/comment-page-1#comment-111092 Daniel Miessler Tue, 08 Jan 2008 01:27:23 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/a-gtd-approach-to-organizing-and-reading-your-feeds#comment-111092 <p>Yes, and many are working on tweaking their systems so that one can filter that stuff completely. I can't wait.</p> Yes, and many are working on tweaking their systems so that one can filter that stuff completely. I can’t wait.

]]> By: Daniel Miessler http://danielmiessler.com/blog/a-gtd-approach-to-organizing-and-reading-your-feeds/comment-page-1#comment-250514 Daniel Miessler Tue, 08 Jan 2008 01:27:00 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/a-gtd-approach-to-organizing-and-reading-your-feeds#comment-250514 <p>Yes, and many are working on tweaking their systems so that one can filter that stuff completely. I can't wait.</p> Yes, and many are working on tweaking their systems so that one can filter that stuff completely. I can’t wait.

]]> By: Gary Fisk http://danielmiessler.com/blog/a-gtd-approach-to-organizing-and-reading-your-feeds/comment-page-1#comment-111090 Gary Fisk Tue, 08 Jan 2008 01:25:44 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/a-gtd-approach-to-organizing-and-reading-your-feeds#comment-111090 <p>The social filters of Slashdot, Reddit, Digg, etc. may be working better that I realize. If I had to go through all of the new web pages that are created each day it would probably be much less interesting than the stories that these sites point out. It just seems that there is a lot of the news of the wierd or "look at this funny picture" kind of posts on these social news sites.</p> The social filters of Slashdot, Reddit, Digg, etc. may be working better that I realize. If I had to go through all of the new web pages that are created each day it would probably be much less interesting than the stories that these sites point out. It just seems that there is a lot of the news of the wierd or “look at this funny picture” kind of posts on these social news sites.

]]> By: Gary Fisk http://danielmiessler.com/blog/a-gtd-approach-to-organizing-and-reading-your-feeds/comment-page-1#comment-250513 Gary Fisk Tue, 08 Jan 2008 01:25:00 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/a-gtd-approach-to-organizing-and-reading-your-feeds#comment-250513 <p>The social filters of Slashdot, Reddit, Digg, etc. may be working better that I realize. If I had to go through all of the new web pages that are created each day it would probably be much less interesting than the stories that these sites point out. It just seems that there is a lot of the news of the wierd or "look at this funny picture" kind of posts on these social news sites.</p> The social filters of Slashdot, Reddit, Digg, etc. may be working better that I realize. If I had to go through all of the new web pages that are created each day it would probably be much less interesting than the stories that these sites point out. It just seems that there is a lot of the news of the wierd or “look at this funny picture” kind of posts on these social news sites.

]]> By: Daniel Miessler http://danielmiessler.com/blog/a-gtd-approach-to-organizing-and-reading-your-feeds/comment-page-1#comment-110866 Daniel Miessler Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:24:48 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/a-gtd-approach-to-organizing-and-reading-your-feeds#comment-110866 <p>@Gary</p> <p>Yeah, the best way to do this is to subscribe to feeds that are pre-filtered. That's the idea with Digg and Reddit, but as you point out it's not going so well...</p> <p>There are also features on sites like Reddit where you can select the "recommended" tab, which will supposedly display content that you enjoy based on your up-votes and down-votes. But that both requires you to vote and also isn't very accurate.</p> <p>Alas, yes...we just have to skim very quickly and pick out the nuggets.</p> @Gary

Yeah, the best way to do this is to subscribe to feeds that are pre-filtered. That’s the idea with Digg and Reddit, but as you point out it’s not going so well…

There are also features on sites like Reddit where you can select the “recommended” tab, which will supposedly display content that you enjoy based on your up-votes and down-votes. But that both requires you to vote and also isn’t very accurate.

Alas, yes…we just have to skim very quickly and pick out the nuggets.

]]> By: Daniel Miessler http://danielmiessler.com/blog/a-gtd-approach-to-organizing-and-reading-your-feeds/comment-page-1#comment-250512 Daniel Miessler Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:24:00 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/a-gtd-approach-to-organizing-and-reading-your-feeds#comment-250512 <p>@Gary</p> <p>Yeah, the best way to do this is to subscribe to feeds that are pre-filtered. That's the idea with Digg and Reddit, but as you point out it's not going so well...</p> <p>There are also features on sites like Reddit where you can select the "recommended" tab, which will supposedly display content that you enjoy based on your up-votes and down-votes. But that both requires you to vote and also isn't very accurate.</p> <p>Alas, yes...we just have to skim very quickly and pick out the nuggets.</p> @Gary

Yeah, the best way to do this is to subscribe to feeds that are pre-filtered. That’s the idea with Digg and Reddit, but as you point out it’s not going so well…

There are also features on sites like Reddit where you can select the “recommended” tab, which will supposedly display content that you enjoy based on your up-votes and down-votes. But that both requires you to vote and also isn’t very accurate.

Alas, yes…we just have to skim very quickly and pick out the nuggets.

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]]> By: Gary Fisk http://danielmiessler.com/blog/a-gtd-approach-to-organizing-and-reading-your-feeds/comment-page-1#comment-110711 Gary Fisk Mon, 07 Jan 2008 01:17:49 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/a-gtd-approach-to-organizing-and-reading-your-feeds#comment-110711 <p>I like the idea of sorting feeds by location. It's very much like creating to do lists organized by location except that the feeds are creating the lists.</p> <p>Do you have any suggestions for filtering feeds so that one could focus more upon the articles that are most interesting? This would be particularly important for sites like Reddit and such that have a low signal-to-noise ratio (i.e., many more uninteresting articles than interesting articles). Sorting by priority would seem to be a step toward filtering, but it would still require reading through the lists to find the interesting articles.</p> I like the idea of sorting feeds by location. It’s very much like creating to do lists organized by location except that the feeds are creating the lists.

Do you have any suggestions for filtering feeds so that one could focus more upon the articles that are most interesting? This would be particularly important for sites like Reddit and such that have a low signal-to-noise ratio (i.e., many more uninteresting articles than interesting articles). Sorting by priority would seem to be a step toward filtering, but it would still require reading through the lists to find the interesting articles.

]]> By: Gary Fisk http://danielmiessler.com/blog/a-gtd-approach-to-organizing-and-reading-your-feeds/comment-page-1#comment-250511 Gary Fisk Mon, 07 Jan 2008 01:17:00 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/a-gtd-approach-to-organizing-and-reading-your-feeds#comment-250511 <p>I like the idea of sorting feeds by location. It's very much like creating to do lists organized by location except that the feeds are creating the lists.</p> <p>Do you have any suggestions for filtering feeds so that one could focus more upon the articles that are most interesting? This would be particularly important for sites like Reddit and such that have a low signal-to-noise ratio (i.e., many more uninteresting articles than interesting articles). Sorting by priority would seem to be a step toward filtering, but it would still require reading through the lists to find the interesting articles.</p> I like the idea of sorting feeds by location. It’s very much like creating to do lists organized by location except that the feeds are creating the lists.

Do you have any suggestions for filtering feeds so that one could focus more upon the articles that are most interesting? This would be particularly important for sites like Reddit and such that have a low signal-to-noise ratio (i.e., many more uninteresting articles than interesting articles). Sorting by priority would seem to be a step toward filtering, but it would still require reading through the lists to find the interesting articles.

]]> By: Daniel Miessler http://danielmiessler.com/blog/a-gtd-approach-to-organizing-and-reading-your-feeds/comment-page-1#comment-110163 Daniel Miessler Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:25:29 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/a-gtd-approach-to-organizing-and-reading-your-feeds#comment-110163 <p>I found it very helpful, yes. </p> <p>I suggest finding a solid summary of the system. The most important parts can be pulled from one of those.</p> I found it very helpful, yes.

I suggest finding a solid summary of the system. The most important parts can be pulled from one of those.

]]> By: Daniel Miessler http://danielmiessler.com/blog/a-gtd-approach-to-organizing-and-reading-your-feeds/comment-page-1#comment-250510 Daniel Miessler Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:25:00 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/a-gtd-approach-to-organizing-and-reading-your-feeds#comment-250510 <p>I found it very helpful, yes. </p> <p>I suggest finding a solid summary of the system. The most important parts can be pulled from one of those.</p> I found it very helpful, yes.

I suggest finding a solid summary of the system. The most important parts can be pulled from one of those.

]]> By: ncloud http://danielmiessler.com/blog/a-gtd-approach-to-organizing-and-reading-your-feeds/comment-page-1#comment-110143 ncloud Fri, 04 Jan 2008 13:45:48 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/a-gtd-approach-to-organizing-and-reading-your-feeds#comment-110143 <p>I assume GTD == "Getting Things Done" by David Allen. I am trying to read his book right now, but I find it a little tedious. He repeats himself sometimes, and I get tired of "Five Points to Better..." and "Seven Principles of..." and "Thirty-seven ways to...". I guess a bunch of bullet points remind me too much of all the terrible sermons I've heard that followed the same pattern :-) Did you find the book very helpful Daniel?</p> I assume GTD == “Getting Things Done” by David Allen. I am trying to read his book right now, but I find it a little tedious. He repeats himself sometimes, and I get tired of “Five Points to Better…” and “Seven Principles of…” and “Thirty-seven ways to…”. I guess a bunch of bullet points remind me too much of all the terrible sermons I’ve heard that followed the same pattern :-) Did you find the book very helpful Daniel?

]]> By: ncloud http://danielmiessler.com/blog/a-gtd-approach-to-organizing-and-reading-your-feeds/comment-page-1#comment-250509 ncloud Fri, 04 Jan 2008 13:45:00 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/a-gtd-approach-to-organizing-and-reading-your-feeds#comment-250509 <p>I assume GTD == "Getting Things Done" by David Allen. I am trying to read his book right now, but I find it a little tedious. He repeats himself sometimes, and I get tired of "Five Points to Better..." and "Seven Principles of..." and "Thirty-seven ways to...". I guess a bunch of bullet points remind me too much of all the terrible sermons I've heard that followed the same pattern :-) Did you find the book very helpful Daniel?</p> I assume GTD == “Getting Things Done” by David Allen. I am trying to read his book right now, but I find it a little tedious. He repeats himself sometimes, and I get tired of “Five Points to Better…” and “Seven Principles of…” and “Thirty-seven ways to…”. I guess a bunch of bullet points remind me too much of all the terrible sermons I’ve heard that followed the same pattern :-) Did you find the book very helpful Daniel?

]]> By: Daniel Miessler http://danielmiessler.com/blog/a-gtd-approach-to-organizing-and-reading-your-feeds/comment-page-1#comment-109906 Daniel Miessler Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:33:13 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/a-gtd-approach-to-organizing-and-reading-your-feeds#comment-109906 <p>I am trying similar content with a significantly shorter delivery (and a new title). I'm trying to learn about optimal content length.</p> I am trying similar content with a significantly shorter delivery (and a new title). I’m trying to learn about optimal content length.

]]> By: Daniel Miessler http://danielmiessler.com/blog/a-gtd-approach-to-organizing-and-reading-your-feeds/comment-page-1#comment-250508 Daniel Miessler Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:33:00 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/a-gtd-approach-to-organizing-and-reading-your-feeds#comment-250508 <p>I am trying similar content with a significantly shorter delivery (and a new title). I'm trying to learn about optimal content length.</p> I am trying similar content with a significantly shorter delivery (and a new title). I’m trying to learn about optimal content length.

]]> By: Ufuk http://danielmiessler.com/blog/a-gtd-approach-to-organizing-and-reading-your-feeds/comment-page-1#comment-109905 Ufuk Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:25:54 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/a-gtd-approach-to-organizing-and-reading-your-feeds#comment-109905 <p>Why again?</p> Why again?

]]> By: Ufuk http://danielmiessler.com/blog/a-gtd-approach-to-organizing-and-reading-your-feeds/comment-page-1#comment-250507 Ufuk Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:25:00 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blogarchive/a-gtd-approach-to-organizing-and-reading-your-feeds#comment-250507 <p>Why again?</p> Why again?

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