Google Reader Redux

I published this last November, but it bears repeating. It will change your life. I mean that.



O.K. class, today's lesson is on how to read blogs.

I know many of you view my blog by either going directly to it through a favorite bookmark or you google me and some of you jump here from other blogs, but to those of you who do this, I need to introduce you to Google Reader. It is an RSS feed, but you don't need to know that and don't let your eyes glaze over seeing that.

Believe me when I say this will change your blog reading life!

After clicking on this link, sign in with your google account. (If the link doesn't work, type in http://www.reader.google.com/) You have one if you have a blog on blogger or if you have registered so you can comment. If you don't have an acount, GET ONE!

After logging in, you will see this screen on the left side. Click "Add subscription", and you will see this box...

This is where you type in http://www.mlasch.blogspot.com/ or copy and paste it from my blog. Continue adding subscriptions until you have all your blogs added. The best way is to go to each blog in a separate window from the Google Reader window and do a lot of copying and pasting.

Here's the best part - each time a blog has a new post, it shows up bold in your list of blogs. Now when you first add the blog, they will all come up with LOTS of new posts. This is because Google reader doesn't know you've already seen it. If you click on that blog and scroll through it quickly, the box that says, "Mark as read" will check off automatically.

Here's the second best part. If you use the latest version of Internet Explorer, you can open different tabs. If you keep Google Reader open in one tab while you go into another, the TAB will show you how many new posts there are. You don't even need to go to Google Reader to see if there are any new posts!!!

Well that's it for today, class. Remember there will be a quiz on Friday, so get to work!