Comments on: Do I really want my attention managed? http://techwhimsy.com/do-i-really-want-my-attention-managed Where tech is more than just the breaking news Sun, 07 Mar 2010 02:24:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: shane http://techwhimsy.com/do-i-really-want-my-attention-managed/comment-page-1#comment-2126 shane Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:29:17 +0000 http://techwhimsy.com/?p=117#comment-2126 Hey Sean, thanks for stopping by. CPA isn't necessarily a bad thing but people can get a little bit crazy about how they incorporate it into their lives. At least with Google Reader, you can skim your feeds and star or share the ones you want to come back and read later. After all, now that there is a GReader search function, every single feed item is stored in your account for you to go back and read later. Think of it like photocopying into the cloud :) Hey Sean, thanks for stopping by.

CPA isn’t necessarily a bad thing but people can get a little bit crazy about how they incorporate it into their lives.

At least with Google Reader, you can skim your feeds and star or share the ones you want to come back and read later. After all, now that there is a GReader search function, every single feed item is stored in your account for you to go back and read later.

Think of it like photocopying into the cloud :)

]]> By: Sean Carmody http://techwhimsy.com/do-i-really-want-my-attention-managed/comment-page-1#comment-2120 Sean Carmody Wed, 06 Aug 2008 06:21:22 +0000 http://techwhimsy.com/?p=117#comment-2120 I have no doubt that I suffer from CPA. I realise that I have started to use Google reader in the same way I used a photocopier when I was a student. Back then, if I found a "relevant" paper, I would photocopy it, but rarely read it. Photocopying gave me enough of a sense of achievement. Now I do the same thing with Google Reader: if I stumble across an interesting blog, I will add the feed to my reader, but may never actually read another post. Again...now where is that rss link... I have no doubt that I suffer from CPA. I realise that I have started to use Google reader in the same way I used a photocopier when I was a student. Back then, if I found a “relevant” paper, I would photocopy it, but rarely read it. Photocopying gave me enough of a sense of achievement. Now I do the same thing with Google Reader: if I stumble across an interesting blog, I will add the feed to my reader, but may never actually read another post. Again…now where is that rss link…

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