Keeping up with daily online reading – a personal perspective
Posted by Jennifer Stein on December 4, 2009
It’s no secret that the news cycle is faster, more continuous, and more online than ever. In addition to using FPinfomart for my Personal Profiles results, and to browse the headlines in a few major papers, I also use an RSS reader (Google Reader), along with a desktop Twitter client, to keep up with the the intra-day happenings of interest to me in the social media sphere.
I’ve noticed a change, though, in my own social media browsing behaviour. It used to be that I would fire up Google Reader and scan my RSS-fed results, and THEN browse what was new on Twitter. However, lately, I’m finding that it’s more efficient to read the Twitter content FIRST. It seems that a significant amount of the news reported via social media is available concisely in Twitter (the inherent nature of the 140-character-per-Tweet limit), and I can then use my RSS feeds to fill in any gaps and flesh out more details on topics that are especially engaging.
Have you noticed any shift in how you browse the news online? Share your perspective in the comments.
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Kirsten Smith said
Just found out about this blog on a Facebook posting by one of the trainers. Very swanky. I like it and will send it around to all FPinfomart users in the office.