I tend to disagree, maybe strongly.

I often don't have time to track or scan all the sites I want to, or used to, so many times I will miss an interesting article. More and more, I spend more time on PM, and the occasional recommendation or link by another Monk is usually a welcome thing. I'm guessing that's true for many.

Personally, I still read a huge amount of sites/mags weekly, subscribe to over 15 daily email newsletters, etc. and most days there's just noise, no meat. Often, I forward article links to many people in my address book. Others return the favor for me. So, seeing reading rec's is often a valuable resource.

Separating the wheat from the chaff is increasingly difficult. Maybe it's just me, but I appreciate pointers from Monks. (Just random PR links would p**s me off though...)

In reply to Re: Re: Perl articles section by tjh
in thread Perl articles section by cjf

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