Blog.Cullect.com » Laurie McGinley http://blog.cullect.com The Blog of Cullect.com - The Collaborative Feed Aggregator. Tue, 21 Jul 2009 01:59:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Laurie Starts Migrating to Cullect http://blog.cullect.com/archive/laurie-starts-migrating-to-cullect http://blog.cullect.com/archive/laurie-starts-migrating-to-cullect#comments Tue, 13 May 2008 17:03:48 +0000 Garrick Van Buren http://blog.cullect.com/?p=42

“Five minutes ago I just deleted half of my Google Reader subscriptions in favor of migrating my reading to Cullect. Why would I do that?” – Laurie McGinley

]]> http://blog.cullect.com/archive/laurie-starts-migrating-to-cullect/feed 0 Laurie McGinley: “Cullect is so smart that it doesn’t need APML.” http://blog.cullect.com/archive/laurie-mcginley-cullect-is-so-smart-that-it-doesnt-need-apml http://blog.cullect.com/archive/laurie-mcginley-cullect-is-so-smart-that-it-doesnt-need-apml#comments Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:40:52 +0000 Garrick Van Buren http://blog.cullect.com/?p=37 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.

]]> http://blog.cullect.com/archive/laurie-mcginley-cullect-is-so-smart-that-it-doesnt-need-apml/feed 0 “It is relaxing to read in Cullect.” http://blog.cullect.com/archive/it-is-relaxing-to-read-in-cullect-2 http://blog.cullect.com/archive/it-is-relaxing-to-read-in-cullect-2#comments Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:18:08 +0000 Garrick Van Buren http://blog.cullect.com/?p=33 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 user people 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.

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