Thing # 9 Blogs and News Feeds

Ugh! Maybe it is just where I am in space ant time, but this is my least favorite thing. I have my doubts about trusting the opinions of every crackpot that has an opinion to express, and I don't have time to surf lists of blogs that are lists of blogs! I want news and information, not uninformed opinions. Some of the comments on topix.net were incendiary and stupid - there is too much of that going around. I understand that the task is to identify which tool will best assist me weeding through the mindless to get to the blogs and sites of information I might need, but I find it all so frustrating! To play nice, I subscribed yo edublogs with the hope that there might be something there I could use (http://blog.paulwalk.net), but it appears to be a place to vote for your favorite blog (guess what? I don't care!). The link to School Library Blogs on Suprglu is broken. Technorati looked promising but lists only the top blogs with no explanation of what they are about that I could see.The Technorati Tutorial - you have got to be kidding me!? On Atomic Learning, I found a link to the 21st Century Skills Teacher Assessment; this looked interesting but the demo required a life history that I didn't want to provide. Maybe I need to go back to bed! I seem to be a little grumpy this morning! The "How to crete your circle of the wise" link quotes C.S. Lewis: "The next best thing to be wise oneself is to live in a circle of those who are." I'm not sure I trust internet bloggers as a whole to provide the wisdon I seek. I did find this blog through twitter that looks good: http://booksquare.com/the-future-of-print/