Blogrolls...

I got a request the other day to add someone's blog to my Blogroll. Instead of just adding it, I instead redid my entire blogroll structure. Instead of having a static list that I woefully tried to alphabetize by last names of people and the first letters of companies, I added separate widgets that would automatically update the order by when the last person or company published. Not a new concept, but I always dreaded the task of inputing all the old blog addresses.

This though, in conjunction with my Top Sites on Safari will help expedite my blog reading, which I try (sometimes with little success) to keep under an hour a day.

I also added a couple different NEW Blogroll categories. For example, "Blogs I Like (but wish updated more)" and "Capturing the Moment Blogs". When I read the blogs that I frequent regularly, after I check my Top Sites, I systematically go through my lists on my blog; I was getting tired of stumbling across blogs that infrequently update or have not done so in a year or more. I didn't want to kick them to the curb though, so have created this new category for them. When they do post again, I'll see their names move right to the top of the list! It's not meant to be hateful or harsh – just a way of streamlining my day. The Capturing the Moment Blogs are all the current blogs from our past workshop attendees. (Yes, I keep tabs on everyone who took the workshop and comment regularly.)

It was a lot more work than I had anticipated doing last night/early this morning, but I think it'll pay off in the long run.