The Blackberry was cool because it brought us push versus pull email…realistically RIM was doing the pulling for you and pushing it to you. As an email notification popped up as I was trolling through my RSS feeds, it suddenly struck me that these are now competing communication tools for me. The shift to RSS is a move back to a pull methodology — not entirely, of course as you are being pushed tantalizing indications that there may be information to pursue further, but you choose and pull in additional information if you choose to want more info. I want a whole series of very quick and prioritized summaries of what people are saying and I will scan and choose to pursue further in follow-up another routine. Its really the way of the world, with so much information being pushed at you. Is it possible that an RSS feeder rather than an email client may become my main conduit to the world? Am I moving back to pull simply because there is too much push?
Question: are you able to tell how many RSS subscribers you have to the blog and which of the posts they may be reading, or do you lose that capability for self-evaluation?
As the RSS is handled offsite, no, you can’t measure readership. Hence one just assumes that this is all being read by the masses and stops clock — watching.