Helpful Tools For Better Browsing

Today's tool is Google Reader.

I'm sure that all the Internet cognoscenti already know about Google Reader, but very few of those people read my weblog - and none of them bothered to tell me about Reader, I had to stumble onto it myself. Anyway.

I read a fair number of weblogs and other semi-regularly updated websites. It takes more time than I'd like to admit to click through them all daily, just to see if there's anything new there. Google Reader fixes this problem.

Once you get yourself set up with an account (Gmail users can use that login. What? You don't have a Gmail account?) you can quickly set up subscriptions to your favorite RSS-spewing sites, using the search feature to search by weblog name or web address. Then you can sit back and watch the bloggage come to you - from a single vantage point.

I like it because I didn't have to create yet another login/password and because it's web-based. I can login from anywhere and quickly see what's new with my friends and in the news. Yes, it's still in beta, but if you're looking for an RSS reader, I give it the coveted "all thumbs up" rating.