It's Been A Long Time Coming

For weeks now I've been trying to wrap my brain around a way to keep my feed reader and my blogroll on the same wavelength. I'd subscribe to a feed, thinking I would add it to the blogroll, but then I'd forget because I never read from my blogroll anymore. There was a pretty big discrepancy between my roll and what I was actually reading.

Then Neil came to the rescue by eliminating his blogroll and making his Bloglines feed public. And that, my friends, is what I have just done. If you check the side bar, you'll see a section called "Things I Read Online." That's where my "blogroll" is now.

And here's the part where I announce the creation of a site called Indie Bloggers, which I have joined. I quote:

Indie Bloggers is about giving exposure to bloggers who need to be read. Indie Bloggers is a showcase of written talent - stories, almost - that you may not see otherwise. Anyone can submit. Everyone may not be published right away or at all, but there are few restrictions (i.e., I don’t want to hear about your sex life). Please don’t be intimidated. We want your best!

So far I have submitted one post, Ancient History. But I have read a number of other interesting posts from great bloggers whom I might not have discovered otherwise. The link to Indie Bloggers is also in the sidebar now. Consider it another link resource, a complement to my Bloglines subscriptions.

Comments

[Aimee]

I do this too. No more updating two lists! Yay! Let's go see what Alison reads... :)

[Mist 1]

Why am I so tech-retarded? I can't even set the time on my DVD player. I'll go check out Indie Bloggers now.

[Margaret]

I would love to do that as I have found the same thing happening to me. My bloglines is up to date, but not my blogroll. Maybe I should work on it during break--or am I too lazy?

[ms. sizzle]

this indie bloggers idea is genius. i'm so in.

[Julia Farley]

Yeah, I saw that, too, and I am psyched!!! They offer another great venue for the bloggers out there...yay!

[Katherine]

That's a good idea, I can never keep my bloglines and blogroll up to date.

[platypotamus]

bloglines feed link is a great idea.