Tuesday, February 5, 2008

RSS and Self-knowledge

RSS feeds--grrr! I'm not a Wall Street investor ("buy, buy, buy!" "Sell, sell, sell!"), or anyone else who lives for the latest. And this activity was particularly painful for some reason. I couldn't find my way between bloglines and the directions on the discover 2.0 page, and then my blog wouldn't let me add a new post. (Til I was giving up in disgust and FINALLY the "New Post" note appeared!) {Sigh} I'm trying to remember the 7 1/2 habits...seeing problems as challenges.
The thing that's really frustrating to me is that even though I finally got through it, it's not likely that I'll remember it next week...much less in six months when someone comes to me at a desk somewhere and wants to know how to do it. Oh, well. Maybe I'll have enough vague recollection that I can at least point them in the right direction. Maybe...
The problem is, of course, that I can't find a personal point of 'buy-in' on this one. I can't imagine how this particular bit of technology can add anything that I want to my life, and therefore, find it difficult to generate the energy to wade through it. Okay, well, that's something, I guess. At least I've figured out why it's so painful.

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