Archives for the 'google reader' Category
Slimming down your feed list [Hack Your Day]
Sometimes a great feature hides in plain site from me. A great example is the trends link in Google Reader, which I have never checked out for some reason, but now that I did, I want to show you guys what it can do. Basically it’s a statistics factory for your RSS reading habits, which [...]
Better Gmail 2 update [Hack Your Day]
A while ago Lifehacker put together a cool batch of tools for your Gmail and named it better Gmail. Then along came Google and made some awesome improvements, ruining these scripts along the way. The Lifehacker team kept up though, and have released yet another version of Gmail 2.
Google Reader integration is now (finally) included [...]
Get In The Groove With Google Reader (Windows Wednesday) [Tech Rest]
I love using Google Reader to manage my RSS feeds. There are some changes I’ve made that make it better for me. For those of you not familiar with RSS feeds, they are a way to subscribe to web pages so new information is sent to you as it appears. I’ve found that I don’t [...]
Rest Is A Weapon (GTD Tuesday) [Tech Rest]
One of the most powerful productivity weapons at your disposal is rest. If you want to be super productive you must also be super disciplined about scheduling and taking time off. Today, I want to talk about taking time off from two things: emails and RSS feeds.
Email. I’ve now made it two weeks in a [...]
Google Reader: Keep home at home and work at work [Tech Rest]
Do you have trouble balancing work and home? Me too. Also, I am a firm believer in using one tool for work and home if at all possible. I love Google Reader but have found it can be distracting checking "work" feeds at "home" or "home" feeds at "work". (If you are new to [...]
Getting More out of Google Reader Search [GTD Wannabe]
If you’ve haven’t been bowled over by the recent Apple announcement of an iPhone sans phone, you may have noticed that Google Reader now has search.
I’ll admit, I didn’t notice it. And I use Google Reader as my feed reader! But as soon as I read a post on it (say, these posts [...]