Fear of Change

As a neophyte blogger it seems to take me sloth-like amounts of time to figure out how to do even the simplest things on this blog! Grrrr. But I am tweaking here and there and I have managed to add links to the blogs of some of my MCPL “peeps” and to share some interesting bits (including one about disgruntled employees pacified with free pizza!) via my google reader feeds.

Ahh, google reader.

I have only recently begun experimenting with google reader and rss feeds. And though in theory I can see the practicality of it, I haven’t been won over yet. Maybe I just fear change? Yes, I am sure it could save time, especially for people who have huge amounts of blogs to keep track of. And for those blogs that are only updated every 4 months, I can appreciate its usefulness. I know the disappointment that comes with checking a favorite blog/fotolog/flickr account to see what’s new, only to find that it’s the same post that was up a month ago. Otherwise, I think I prefer the old way. It could grow on me I suppose. I don't like the fact that I can't read/leave comments through the reader. I really enjoy interacting with the the actual pages themselves, so I usually end up just going there anyway if I am interested. In the end, what I've noticed is that it basically doesn't save me that much time. And if that's not the point, then what is?