Laurie Starts Migrating to Cullect
Laurie McGinley: “Cullect is so smart that it doesn’t need APML.”
Following up her initial impressions, Laurie McGinley just published a flattering review of Cullect entitled: Cullect, Simplify Your Reading Life
A couple of my favorite bits:
” I only have time to read three posts, I can be assured that reading the first three posts in my Cullect reading list will be satisfying and relevant to my interests.”
“Now that I have had a chance to play with it, I see that Cullect is a service that is worth paying for. It will allow me to collect articles, read them on my own schedule and feel assured that what I am reading is relevant to my interests.”
Thanks Laurie.
You made my day.
“It is relaxing to read in Cullect.”
Laurie McGinley has been putting Cullect through the paces this week curating Reading List 204, I asked her how it was going. Her full email reponse is below (emphasis mine):
“I am giving Cullect the most challenging test I can think of: show me photos I really like.
Most photo blogs don’t have a ton of text and I generally don’t care what the text says. So far I like the photos Cullect is pushing to the top.
I find myself reading slowly. I like that.
I’m in the habit of j-j-j-jaying in Google Reader. That tends to put me on edge a little.
I can tell that I am slowing down a little more every time I login to Cullect. It is relaxing to read in Cullect.
I really like how smooth the interface is, but it was too challenging to get set up. Honestly, if I hadn’t seen you gracefully zoom about the interface that same day, I think I would have given up.
There are a few things that could be more
userpeople friendly like:
- How to import an OPML file
- How to import an OPML file if you don’t have access to upload yours to a server
- It would be nice to see what the reading lists contained before I click on them. The numbers don’t mean anything to me. I would like to be able to name my reading list.
I haven’t explored much beyond my own reading list, but I am still very engaged and playing”.
Laurie’s impressions are consistent with what I hear from other people that have immigrated to Cullect: a more relaxing feed reading experience with room for improvement.