Do you remember the good old days of Google Reader? I thought it was the perfect app for organizing RSS feeds. I could categorize various feeds by topic, save articles for reference later, and delete posts that I wasn’t interested in reading. It was all in a central location, not cluttering up my inbox. I could go in when I felt like it. It wasn’t endlessly screaming for my attention.
In an effort to reclaim my attention, I’m experimenting with reducing my presence on social media. I don’t have to tell you that it has become dominated by influencers, content creators, and people selling something. I hardly see updates from people I know anymore. Most of my accounts are now permanently deleted, but I wasn’t ready to let LinkedIn and Substack go yet.
As an alternative, I’m going back to using RSS feeds to get updates from websites and blogs I’m interested in hearing from. (I still haven’t figured out how to replicate updates from friends – maybe I’ll just be an old Gen Xer and email them.)
In that spirit, my site is now configured for you to subscribe via RSS feed or Atom feed.
If you’ve never used this kind of feed to get updates, the internet can tell you how. The two options are to use an app (many are free) or configure it to arrive in your inbox.
Prefer to get occasional updates via email? Subscribe here.