A few months ago I made the move *back* to FeedDemon after giving Google Reader a try. I liked Google Reader mainly because I could view my feeds from any computer that had a net connection. Unfortunately, I think the performance sucked, so I decided to switch back to my desktop feed reader. For those keeping score, yes I am still working on LightReader (my Silverlight-based feed reader) and an update will be coming soon. :-)
When I moved back to FeedDemon, I decided to do a better job of organizing my feeds. Prior to the reorganization, I had one big folder with a few hundred feeds in in. After the reorganization (and removal of a few dozen feeds), I ended up with 5 folders (individual OPML files are linked for each folder). I thought I'd share the OPML files for anyone that's interested. I'll try to keep them updated as things change. 
Dead feeds contains feeds that have either given me errors or that have had no activity for a long-ass time.
Link Blogs currently contains only three feeds: Alvin Ashcraft's Morning Dew, Arjan's World and Christopher Steen's Link Listings. While there is some obvious overlap, these three link blogs give me a great summary of what's going on in the tech area and they've also introduced me to some great blogs.
Non-Tech contains mostly business-related blogs such as Web Worker Daily, Zen Habits, Freelance Switch, LifeHacker and Get Rich Slowly. It also contains the feed for Arlo and Janis - I love this comic because author Jimmy Johnson really nails what married life is like (here's one of my favorite strips). :-) The other non-business feeds are Kevin Smiths' "My Boring Ass Life" and the "News Askew" feed. If you're a fan of Kevin Smith (Clerks, Clerks 2, Dogma, etc.), both of these feeds are required reading.
People I Know contains feeds for my friends with blogs. I have met almost every one of the people in this folder and these are the feeds I pay the most attention to.
The Tech folder contains all the rest. It includes the likes of Hanselman, Haack, ScottGu and many other great bloggers.
Enjoy!
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Print | posted on Monday, July 07, 2008 9:14 AM