This is a PSA of sorts... I just wanted to share with you all the magic that is google reader. Here's a little informational thing about it.
Now, pretend I'm on an infomercial:
I used to click through all the blogs I check every day and be all like - dang, no update, next blog. But with this - it just highlights the blog when it's updated so you don't have to waste your time. You don't even have to visit the site. It's so easy, a caveman could do it. If only they could figure out a way to lose weight without changing your diet or exercising, and dumping spaghetti noodles into the strainer without burning your hands. I bet Google will come up with something for that... Oh, and it's free. No money required to use this gem of a tool. Just a computer and internet...which are not free. So you just need those two things THEN it's free.
And I know I've mentioned this before, but I love blogs. Here are some of my favorites:
Things Younger than McCain - This just makes me laugh... one of those funny/true/scary things.
Huffington Post - I subscribe to this one, but geez, I have a job, and there's no way I can keep up w/ the rate at which they post stuff. But the ones I do peruse are good articles, and I think it's making me more liberal. Yikes.
Dooce - So funny, great photographer and she lives off her blog, which would be awesome. And I love the monthly notes to her daughter...such a sweet idea.
Postcards from Yo Momma - just plain funny - people send in emails and IMs from their mothers. Luckily I have nothing to contribute to the site!
Wake Photography - This is my friend Kelly's (also love her blog) old roommate Kerri who I've met a few times. She's a fabulous photographer (and person :) ) and I enjoy browsing her nature and outdoor photos as I stare at the wall in my cube.
I also love subscribing to Food Blogs - because you can tag posts individually... so (see where I'm going with this?) I have a whole tag called "recipes I want to make" and I pull in the good ones! It makes me feel so efficient. Some of the good blogs are:
Ambers Delectable Delights
Good Things Catered
...and a Cookie for Dessert
Pioneer Woman
...and if you look at these sites' blog rolls you can find a bazillion other cooking blogs. Cookbooks are so 1990s. Oh and I must warn you - if you're hungry, don't look at those blogs bc your stomach will get mad at you. Apparently taking pictures of your food is like the new cool thing to do.
(Though I can only laugh at the thought, I will acknowledge that these are not paid advertisements. Don't I wish. Just my personal endorsements. )
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3 comments:
Good post!
Not to ruin your endorsement, but I tried to get to Google reader and it did not seem very user-friendly to get started. I cannot figure it out...it's definitely not as dummy-proof as Blogger. Have any tips on getting started?
Until googlereader proves to be easier, I'm being lazy and just checking blogs off my own blog. Help!
I'm going off memory here bc since I have mine set up, I can't get to the set up stage. You'll log in (you can use your blogger un/pw) and to add a blog you hit "Add Subscription". And copy/paste the link in that you want to subscribe to (obv this blog)... and from there you can do folders and stuff by hitting Manage Subscriptions.
IDK if that helps at all...
Thanks for posting this!!! I've been introducing more and more faculty to blogs and have been mentioning RSS feeds and aggregators but haven't set anything up myself. Now I have! Thanks for the push. I also documented my steps so I can explain how to do it. Yay!!
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