A long time ago I gave Google Reader a tryout and ended up running back to Bloglines.
However, given the fact that Google is always updating it’s projects and adding new features to them, a return visit to Google Reader was probably inevitable. This time around I think I’m about ready to give up Bloglines. One of the decisive factors is Google Reader’s Share feature … which makes it ridiculously easy to post interesting links to the blog. Just add the necessary code to a widget and you’re running.
This doesn’t mean the share feature is perfect. It would be nice to have the option of adding a url and title manually … which would come in handy when you want to share only one link from Arts and Letters Daily or when you stumble across the interesting link from a site you don’t want to subscribe to all the time.
Every now and then I run across a person who does not use an RSS reader. If that happens to be you, please try out the linked sites. It will make your online life easier and help you to waste time more efficiently.
1Dave on Jan 12, 2008 at 4:24 pm:
Yes, I discovered Google Reader and its share feature about a year ago. Never much like aggregators until then. I post a list of links to selected B’nacle posts on my sidebar straight from the feed of “shared” items from the Reader.
2Jordan F on Jan 12, 2008 at 11:49 pm:
Almost unbelievably, I still do not use an RSS reader. I want to, but just have not set it up yet…
3Wm Morris on Jan 14, 2008 at 2:52 pm:
Google Reader powers AMV’s Mormon Arts feed, of course.
But I have also implemented Steve Rubel’s ideas on how to use Google Reader as the core of your personal knowledge management. And so far I’m liking it.