In my attempt to become more organised – and every now and then I have a real purge at this – I have started to use Google Reader.
It all stemmed from changing my personal email address to a Google one and then looking at all the things I can also do from my Google account.
To be honest at first I was quite sceptical, mainly down to the fact that I had never really understood RSS feeds (or just didn’t want to) and I quite liked having my ‘favourites’ tab on my internet browser where I could check out my favourite websites and blogs when I wanted.
However, the more blogs I found and liked and the more websites that interested me meant that my favourite list was getting longer and longer. And then there was the whole issue that these would remain on the one computer....which was quite restricting as I would have to try and remember them which is not ideal if like me, you have a bad memory .
So there I was looking at what Google Reader does and to sum it up, it allows you to subscribe to all your favourite blogs and websites, and provides you with a notification whenever new posts or content is uploaded. Perfect!
This means I can browse when I want, see what has been added, keep up to date with my favourite blogs all at my own pace.
And talking of favourite blogs, here are some of them:
I can assure you Google haven't paid me to say this, although if those at Google are reading this, please feel free to donate to me.....I just really wanted to let you know that this is quite a good little gadget. My only concern is that just as I am getting used to this, a new, whizzy-wow tool will come out..........!!!!
Have a good week!
Helen
