Thanks for this little article. I have often thought about this same problem. I notice that all the comments to this article are written in the first three hours after it’s posting. So, many have been excitingly watching the RSS threads.

One way to reduce time wasted on RSS and emails is do learn to read faster (www.infmind.com) and not the least to check RSS and mail less frequently, like every other hour for the RSS and 15 to 20 minutes for the mail. That way one can browse quickly to check what is worth reading all in one trip instead of constantly spending time to check if one has gotten something interesting to waste time on.