Comments on: The Tyranny of Alternatives http://www.hiddenpeanuts.com/archives/2008/03/04/the-tyranny-of-alternatives/ Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:37:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: CJ http://www.hiddenpeanuts.com/archives/2008/03/04/the-tyranny-of-alternatives/comment-page-1/#comment-82777 CJ Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:48:33 +0000 http://www.hiddenpeanuts.com/archives/2008/03/04/the-tyranny-of-alternatives/#comment-82777 My RSS reader is practically a graveyard of unread feeds. Things that piqued my interest one day, and barely get a second glance now. Sites like Boingboing and Neatorama are great for finding new things, but I really don't look at their feeds anymore, because there's just TOO MUCH coming down the pipe. Thank goodness for customizable feed groupings. I can keep my waning interests clumped together out of my general view. Right now I'm concentrating on Steampunk and Lego (even Disney has fallen a bit by the wayside at the moment), but eventually I'll probably "roll up" those groups too (but never delete of course!) Plus I just bought an Xbox 360 (not the elite, sadly), AND ordered digital cable with DVR. I'm a little worried that I'm not going to get my money's worth of all this media now flooding my home. My RSS reader is practically a graveyard of unread feeds. Things that piqued my interest one day, and barely get a second glance now. Sites like Boingboing and Neatorama are great for finding new things, but I really don’t look at their feeds anymore, because there’s just TOO MUCH coming down the pipe.

Thank goodness for customizable feed groupings. I can keep my waning interests clumped together out of my general view. Right now I’m concentrating on Steampunk and Lego (even Disney has fallen a bit by the wayside at the moment), but eventually I’ll probably “roll up” those groups too (but never delete of course!)

Plus I just bought an Xbox 360 (not the elite, sadly), AND ordered digital cable with DVR. I’m a little worried that I’m not going to get my money’s worth of all this media now flooding my home.

]]> By: Michael Beatty http://www.hiddenpeanuts.com/archives/2008/03/04/the-tyranny-of-alternatives/comment-page-1/#comment-82746 Michael Beatty Wed, 05 Mar 2008 06:50:13 +0000 http://www.hiddenpeanuts.com/archives/2008/03/04/the-tyranny-of-alternatives/#comment-82746 Too many choices, too much information can easily paralyze me as well. I'm struggling with this in a number of different areas that I touch on a daily basis, ranging from news (auto, technology) to diet to online dating. TSD reviewed a book called "the paradox of choice" that devotes itself to this topic. I need to pick it up and read it.. that is if I can set time aside when I get home from gaming, coding, reading news online, chatting with friends, cleaning up the apartment, reading, watching movies, cooking, eating, taking care of the cat, tracking my finances, etc. Hmm, maybe I see part of the problem. http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/11/18/review-the-paradox-of-choice/ Too many choices, too much information can easily paralyze me as well. I’m struggling with this in a number of different areas that I touch on a daily basis, ranging from news (auto, technology) to diet to online dating.

TSD reviewed a book called “the paradox of choice” that devotes itself to this topic. I need to pick it up and read it.. that is if I can set time aside when I get home from gaming, coding, reading news online, chatting with friends, cleaning up the apartment, reading, watching movies, cooking, eating, taking care of the cat, tracking my finances, etc. Hmm, maybe I see part of the problem.

http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/11/18/review-the-paradox-of-choice/

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