I’ve decided that little badges and lables that say 300 unread are to be avoided. Oh and anything that actually interups your day to say “SOMETHING HAS HAPPEND” should be binned.

Whenever I log into Reader I get a message like “oh you missed 300 items, now go and catch up” that’s why I’ve got to ditch it for something that wont make me feel bad that I’ve missed a nano second of someones blog, It’s not helpful.

Facebook is quite good in this respect, a zillion things happen to your freinds and yet there’s not guilt badge, if you miss it you miss it, no big deal, no unread poke counter. (yes there are notifications of things that involve you, not an unread counter for all of your freinds actions. A clear difference I think)

I think this is why I dislike tweet fucking deck so much, when I see people use it I actually feel bad for them. It tricks you into thinking following 900 people is actually scalable (hint: it’s not) Notification after notification, toast after toast.

People are talking all the tine, you don’t have to listen to everybody.