I spent most of my day working through approximately 750 unread posts which had piled up over the last couple of weeks. It was an enjoyable way to spent a good portion of my Sunday, but I’m exhausted and I’m hopeful that I’ll never fall that far behind again.
I came across several articles of interest, but I found one post particularly apropos. It was about beating RIO (RSS Information Overload). Here are the highlights:
1. Create an “Pending Review” folder and move all such feeds in that folder. Every weekend, clean the folder by deleting feeds that do not interest you anymore. The cycle continues every week.
2. Create a “Favorites” folder. This folder will contain all feeds that you just can’t afford to miss. Review this folder whenever you have a spare second.
3. Most aggregators sort feed by the feed title. Use this to your advantage and rename your feed titles to include a numeric rank. For example, 01 – My Favorite Feed, 02 – My Second Favorite Feed, …, 90 – JohnnyCoder. This ensures that your favorite feeds are featured on top of the list and well before JohnnyCoder. [Example taken from the author's ranked list.]
My fingers are crossed that these techniques will help me keep up with my ever-growing feedlist. What do you do to battle RIO?