Thing #5 - RSS/Google Reader

Okay, okay, I completed Thing #5. I have to say, I don't intend to use this service. People are creative and set up their blogs in a certain way for a reason. Reader strips all the creativity right out. I will not ever be in too much of a hurry to actually listen to (well, read their blogs in the originally designed fashion, in this case) people with whom I choose to communicate. Part of the interest for me in blog reading is feeling like I am invited into someone's parlor or kitchen or whatever, depending on the blog they have designed. If I choose to read it, I choose to accept that invitation. I wouldn't say, "Friends, I really don't have very much time to socialize with you. While I appreciate the invitation to your home, I think it would be easier for me to have you all come here and stand in my driveway and quickly run through whatever it is you think you have to say while I am walking out to my car or mowing my lawn or whatever." I love technology and connectivity, but I draw the line at this abberation.