My life just got easier, because of Google Reader! (wait, did I just rhyme and kind of make a poem?) Anyways, I was tipped off about Google Reader from my roomie (her blog: A Touch of Sound).
For those of you who already knew about this and used it: why didn't you share your secret!?!? For those that don't, onward ho:
Basically, I check about 3,000 websites and blogs a day. Ok so not 3,000 but sometimes it can be overwhelming to check everything and sometimes you waste time typing in the addresses or visiting a site that hasn't been updated since your last visit. Simply with your google account, you click on "more" on the Google Home page and then on "Reader". You add subscriptions that you want to know about (i.e. type in the web address of the website or blog that you follow) and it will add it to your list! Anytime there is an update, you can set your settings to have a number beside the title and bold so that you know how many updates there are since your last visit- then you decide if you want to check it, or save for later.
It's awesome because you can save a lot of time, organize your online frenzy's and keep track of what you read! It helps you keep control if you like to look at a lot of different sites! What's also awesome is that it keeps everything in ABC and you can have your mix of interests all waiting for you (i.e. feeling smart or newsy and feel like thinking analytically? Check CBC or Al Jazeera! Feeling like making something? What does Design Sponge or Noodles and Spice have on the go? Feeling tired, dumb and need something brainless that doesn't involve your drama and requires little effort? Check out Perez Hilton or fmylife!
All of the updates show up on the right hand side, or you can click on each site and it will show you the pictures and posts.
For those of you who already knew about this and used it: why didn't you share your secret!?!? For those that don't, onward ho:
Basically, I check about 3,000 websites and blogs a day. Ok so not 3,000 but sometimes it can be overwhelming to check everything and sometimes you waste time typing in the addresses or visiting a site that hasn't been updated since your last visit. Simply with your google account, you click on "more" on the Google Home page and then on "Reader". You add subscriptions that you want to know about (i.e. type in the web address of the website or blog that you follow) and it will add it to your list! Anytime there is an update, you can set your settings to have a number beside the title and bold so that you know how many updates there are since your last visit- then you decide if you want to check it, or save for later.
It's awesome because you can save a lot of time, organize your online frenzy's and keep track of what you read! It helps you keep control if you like to look at a lot of different sites! What's also awesome is that it keeps everything in ABC and you can have your mix of interests all waiting for you (i.e. feeling smart or newsy and feel like thinking analytically? Check CBC or Al Jazeera! Feeling like making something? What does Design Sponge or Noodles and Spice have on the go? Feeling tired, dumb and need something brainless that doesn't involve your drama and requires little effort? Check out Perez Hilton or fmylife!
All of the updates show up on the right hand side, or you can click on each site and it will show you the pictures and posts.
So needless to say, google is awesome and taking over the world, and rightfully so! Anyways,
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