Haanism

Short Note: I've written this post for quite some time, but only saved it as a draft. When seeing someone mentioned about bookmarking today, I decided to publish this. In the past, I used Blinklist to bookmark websites, as the list can be accessed from anywhere even when different PCs are used. Later, I found subscription is even more convenient.

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If you ask my ex-senior at work (Vaish), she will tell you:

"Haan doesn't like to read. She tends to delete the emails sent to her without reading."

Would like to clarify a bit here, that I'm not someone who hates reading, although the time holding a book nowadays has dramatically decreased compared to the past, say 10 years ago... due to the prevalence of the Internet. We can now read by just "staring" at the laptop/PC. Clicking here and there would have brought you round the world!

However, what my senior said about me was not totally wrong. I did hate to read the badly written emails (of course not all) with either unreasonable or dull content, and those full of grammatical errors (sorry to be so direct). Actually I didn't "delete without reading". I just deleted them because the unwillingness to "continue" reading.

I'm more attracted to creative writing. For example, the short amusing story written by Reno, or how he likes to play with pun.

Photo by scalesmojo

Someone used to ask, how come you like to write a lot but do not like to read? Lemme emphasis again, I just like to read about the topics I'm interested in, well-written and with the contents that make me content.

I read a lot of others' blogs as well, covering different topics. When people asked me to recommend what I read, I'd first go to my Google Reader, because all the favorite blogs I subscribe are listed here. Some people may not have known or used web-based feed reader to keep up with blogs and news. Thus I'm gonna briefly talk about this.

What is RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feed?

RSS is a format for sharing content among different websites. Sites can syndicate “feeds” (content) and Internet users can use an application called an RSS reader or aggregator to download feeds.

Take this blog as an example, it allows subscriptions from readers, which means, when there is a new post, you will be notified just like receiving a new email, instead of having to come back and check periodically.



Clicking on any of the above two (they are available from this site, one on the left and another one at the bottom), you will be led to the following page:


To make it easy, just click on the "Subscribe with Google". Then, you'll be asked for another selection. For myself, I've opted "Add to Google Reader".


Then, your list of subscription is available from the reader. New updates can be clearly seen without visiting each site everyday (if you check that often).


This is particularly useful if you like a blog, yet it's not updated very frequently, but you do not want to miss any of the posts.

Hope this helps to enhance your reading experience online. For more information, click here for the one written by the professionals. It may help you learn more.