Category Archives: RSS

HOWTO: Google Reader Power User Guide

If you’re the kind who keeps track of information on the web by subscribing to RSS feeds, chances are things aren’t entirely satisfactory. You’re probably swamped with an ever-growing backlog, yet reading your feeds takes too long. You’re annoyed at … Continue reading

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Moving to an Online Life

So my Thinkpad’s hard disk (a standard Hitachi 2.5″ 4200 RPM 80GB HDD) died Saturday evening. It began making ghastly noises all of a sudden, signaling imminent mechanical failure. I shut down the computer immediately, and on restarting, a BSOD … Continue reading

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What I want most from my RSS reader…

… is the ability to add (and view) comments for a post. Right now, I still need to navigate to the website (out of my RSS reader) and comment in the little form at the bottom of the page. That … Continue reading

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Reader: Google's new social network

Steve Rubel talks about the significance about the new “Friends’ Shared Items ” feature on Google Reader. I was about to write about this, but Steve’s put it better than I’d planned. The popular RSS reader now lets you easily … Continue reading

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