I subscribe to a lot (too many) blogs in Feedly. My approach is to flick through, reading titles until something grabs my attention. Titles and headlines are very important for helping me which posts to read. You can get a good synopsis from a well crafted title, and I depend on that in filtering my resources.
When a post captures my attention, I either read it, open it in a new tab to read later (hopefully that same day), or save it for later. Once I decide to read a post, I scan it to see if meets or surpasses my expectations. I only read the whole document if it passes that test.
Lately I’ve noticed that I’m more likely to read about a tool, application, concept, project on the second pass. This means that I use my network to determine the popularity of an item, and to help me decide if it’s worth a second look. I filter through the information overload with the help of my personal learning network.
If you’re looking for a(nother) reason to carefully build your personal learning network, here’s one: filter through the information overload more efficiently.
