I struggled a bit with this Thing (#4: Keeping Up). I downloaded both Flipboard and Zite for my iPhone, and also got the new Facebook app, Paper. I knew what RSS was and used to use Bloglines for an RSS reader to keep up with various blogs, but was, quite frankly, somewhat relieved when Bloglines bit the dust and I stopped having all of these RSS feeds that I felt like I should be reading, but wasn't really all that interested in anymore, and it was too much work to go through and delete probably 50+ feeds I was no longer enjoying.
To be honest, that's how Flipboard and Zite feel to me. Overwhelming. Too much information. If I am looking for information on news, I go to Google News or the NewsMap, or see what's trending on Twitter or Facebook within those apps. I guess if I were a bigger newshound or looking for content, these apps would be good for me.
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