Information Overload

Prior to this class I had never used an rss/rss aggregator such as bloglines. When I first started using bloglines I was amazed, all the information I wanted could be found in one place. After a few uses I began to feel a bit of information overload. I wondered why I really needed library blogs, national and local news, online magazines and entertainment news in one sitting. I started to miss visiting the individual sites one at a time. As I've continued to use bloglines the site has really grown on me. I love that it's a one-stop shop for everything I'm interested in reading. RSS is definitely a mitigator of information overload. With bloglines all the information is presented in a organized manner that's easy to use and follow. Additionally users can always choose to ignore feeds, so they don't suffer from an overload, while being sure to not miss any information.