Week Four - Finding Feeds...or what I did last time.

Let's see...when I created my Google Reader account, I added some sites I already visit along with a few of the sites suggested by others (some by using the feed icon on the page), and used the browse feature. I also organized everything into descriptively named folders...yippee! The only thing left to do in Discovery Exercise #1 is check out some search tools....

....check!

I goofed off a bit with each of the suggested search tools, but to be honest I found very few feeds to add this way. It isn't that the tools don't "work." I'm sure that, for the most part, they definitely do. To be honest, I was not truly looking to add feeds while I was trying these tools out for a few reasons: 1. I added WAY too many feeds during the first part of this set of exercises, and may need to scale back; 2. I added many of my feeds through way of my other feeds (i.e. suggested sites); and 3. I added the rest based on what other trusted/admired librarians (some of whom I know in real life, some not) are reading. For now, I feel much more comfortable trusting others in terms of finding "professional/informative" blogs/sites than I trust my own searching, visiting, evaluating, and choosing. Some may call it lazy, but...okay, maybe it is lazy! However, until I get a bit more comfortable, I think I will keep it this way.

It appears that I am getting much better at keeping it short and sweet.