Scoble started a discussion based on RSS being better than HTML for reading blogs. Marc, an Office Zealot, responds and makes the distinction between browsers and standalone aggregators. He mentions Bloglines, which is what I use.

The power of a web based aggregator means I no longer am tethered to an application on a PC to read my feeds.

Some are concerned that the art of reading or writing will be lost. So what.

I don't read blogs to be culturally dazzled. I read them for information that I need and that I can use ASAP. Being able to scan 170 sites very quickly for what I am looking is number one in my book.

Where I do diverge with Scoble is the full featured feeds. I don't need them and I don't want them. All I want is a ping that there is a new tidbit of information, a brief excerpt and a link. If I choose to go read the whole thing that's my choice. Why spend the money on bandwidth you don't need?

How lucky are we at this point and time in technology that we have a new, spam free communication vehicle? Nice, isn't it?

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