Digital cleaning up, and how I try to balance between Twitter and Google Reader
During the last months I just suddenly realized that Twitter had turned into my RSS reader. My Google Reader was filled with plenty of news feeds that I hardly ever read. I decided my Google Reader and Twitter needed some restructuring.
In Google Reader I did some major cleaning up. I dropped all the news feeds, and moved them to Twitter. I want it to be my pulse of the outside world, the hub where I follow people and news that truly matter in the business I am in, internet and media. Twitter is my collaborative filter, that works thanks for all the great people I follow. I also did plenty of grouping of feeds in TweetDeck, and now the people and news feed are separeted in a way that makes more sense to me. But at the same time I feel that in the busy world of today I need to dig deeper into other fields and ideas that I don't face daily. I want Google Reader to become a center for inspiration, a place for content that allows me to take a break from the continuous pulse of the world. Most of the feeds that I left to my reader are actually outside the business I'm in. I arranged the remaining feeds into two major categories: Something to think about and Inspiration. The first consists of thoughtful writings by many people around the globe, whereas the latter is more visual: videos, photos, advertising, fashion etc. I want to challenge myself to find something fresh, that is not already re-tweeted hundreds of times. Will it work? I don't know, but I will give it a try. I'd also be happy to get more ideas of thought provocing people and sites that I should add to my Something to think about -list. Here you can see what I'm reading at the moment.
