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Twitter vs. RSS Reader … who cares.

Posted on October 31, 2009 by Jerry Fahrni
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I’ve been following an interesting debate about the benefits of Twitter versus RSS readers like Google Reader. The debate started with a question posed by Robert Scoble on friendfeed and spilled over into several blogs; siliconANGLE, louisgray.com, Scobleizer and Newsome.Org.

I love reading stuff like this because you can see the passion that everyone has for their little corner of the technology world. It’s even more interesting when you consider that it’s a completely personal choice. Boxers or briefs, who gives a crap as long as you’re comfortable.
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Categories: Web 2.0 | Tags: Google Reader, Social networks, Social Technology, Twitter

All roads lead to Rome, err….I mean Twitter.

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Jerry Fahrni
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internet_overloadUntil the next big thing comes along Twitter is king. That’s why I found this Tweet from Robert Scoble so interesting. The Tweet itself simply let me to a blog article written by Louis Gray. The blog discusses two distinctly different approaches to sharing information; Louis Gray’s approach versus Robert Scoble.

Louis utilizes Google Reader to collect and sort various RSS feeds. Any story, blog, article, etc. that he finds interesting get pushed to Twitter via the share feature in Google Reader (see the graphical representation at Louis’ site).

In the other corner you have Robert “using not RSS, but Twitter, to share the best of the technology Web as it streams on his screen.” Robert appears to be making extensive use of his Twitter Favorites.
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Categories: Cool Technology, Web 2.0 | Tags: FriendFeed, Google Reader, Information Overload, Twitter

Keeping up while on the information superhighway

Posted on July 28, 2009 by Jerry Fahrni
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Web 2.0 has certainly created an information revolution. I used to rely solely on journal articles to keep me up to date. Now I rely on an internet connection. Unfortunately, this creates a situation where information arrives faster than I can digest it, and if you’re not careful you can drown in the excess and end up not learning a thing.
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Categories: Web 2.0 | Tags: BlackBerry, Evernote, Google Reader, iPhone, Journals, mobile pharmacy, RSS, Twitter, Web 2.0
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