Earlier this week Geoff Harder gave an online talk about RSS. I had to miss it, but just got a chance to look at the slides he used during the talk. He started by explaining how the consumption of RSS feeds can help with the following two afflictions: NADD and RII. NADD is Nerd Attention Deficiency Disorder and RII is Repetitive Information Injury, and I’ve got ’em both. It feels better to be able to put a name on these problems. From the RII page:
The drug addict analogy works here on a non-life-threatening-level. You are, by definition, addicted to information if you consider yourself a sufferer of NADD and RII shows up when you’ve lost the ability to moderate that consumption. Knowing you’re in this state is step number one to unsticking yourself.
And there are actually a few tips offered on how to combat RII. Good time for another NY Resolution…
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Self-aggrandRSSment
Geoff Harder has made a very nice presentation about RSS available [pdf]. He refers to NADD (Nerd Attention Deficiency Disorder) and RII (Repetitive Information Injury). The slides are well done: it is a pity that they are only available in PDF. RSS is…