Have you ever had one of those days where something happens in the world and you're the last one to know about it? I used to have days like that, but not since I started using google reader.
Do you ever find yourself wanting to read daily news/updates on multiple websites? There were times when I had so many news websites I wanted to read that it was too much to keep track of.
If you don't already use google reader, I'll give you a few reasons why you should:
All your news in one place - instead of loading ten different websites to read, you just load one that displays all your news chronologically
Never miss a post - even if the internets were out of your reach yesterday, google reader will still keep the posts until you've read them (although this can lead to a large list of unread items)
Searchable news - anything, from the title to body of the post can be easily searched with a familiar google search bar. so if you want to look up that old post from a month ago you can!
Not only news - almost all websites these days support some type of feed. Church news, BYU news, ESPN news, Peoples blogs, you tube postings, facebook updates, picasa album posts and so much more!!! (maybe even cougar board, but i'm not sure I'll have to check for you justin...) There will usually be a link that says something like "subscribe" or something to that effect. If you can find a link on the website you want to subscribe to google reader has a search feature when you click on "add subscription" on the main page.
So there it is. Google Reader is the best way to stay up to date on pretty much anything. But before you jump right in let me give you a few tips:
use tags! -helps you organize your sites into
groups so if you wanted to only read sports stuff for example, you can just click on the sports tag (its similar to the function of labels in gmail)
show updated - it makes it easier to see what you haven't read if it only shows the updated posts. once you have read a post it will disappear but can easily be found again by searching or by switching to the show all option
mouse or keyboard? - at first i would only use the scroll wheel on the mouse to move through the entries, but then I discovered the keyboard shortcuts "spacebar" and "J" which will allow you to cycle through the entries much quicker and aren't as loud as the mouse wheel can be.
Do you ever find yourself wanting to read daily news/updates on multiple websites? There were times when I had so many news websites I wanted to read that it was too much to keep track of.
If you don't already use google reader, I'll give you a few reasons why you should:
All your news in one place - instead of loading ten different websites to read, you just load one that displays all your news chronologically
Never miss a post - even if the internets were out of your reach yesterday, google reader will still keep the posts until you've read them (although this can lead to a large list of unread items)
Searchable news - anything, from the title to body of the post can be easily searched with a familiar google search bar. so if you want to look up that old post from a month ago you can!
Not only news - almost all websites these days support some type of feed. Church news, BYU news, ESPN news, Peoples blogs, you tube postings, facebook updates, picasa album posts and so much more!!! (maybe even cougar board, but i'm not sure I'll have to check for you justin...) There will usually be a link that says something like "subscribe" or something to that effect. If you can find a link on the website you want to subscribe to google reader has a search feature when you click on "add subscription" on the main page.
So there it is. Google Reader is the best way to stay up to date on pretty much anything. But before you jump right in let me give you a few tips:
use tags! -helps you organize your sites into
groups so if you wanted to only read sports stuff for example, you can just click on the sports tag (its similar to the function of labels in gmail)show updated - it makes it easier to see what you haven't read if it only shows the updated posts. once you have read a post it will disappear but can easily be found again by searching or by switching to the show all option
mouse or keyboard? - at first i would only use the scroll wheel on the mouse to move through the entries, but then I discovered the keyboard shortcuts "spacebar" and "J" which will allow you to cycle through the entries much quicker and aren't as loud as the mouse wheel can be.
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Dan- thanks for the google reader tips. I know we never got to be roomates, but I know we would have been bff.
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