So guess what I did yesterday? I decided I was tired of using Digg and Slashdot as my primary sources for getting news articles, so I decided to make use of Google Reader. I've used it to syndicate Capella's blog, since that's really the only one I read, and I keep forgetting to check it, so I added her RSS feed! I figured that there was more potential to the Reader, so I decided to add all the primary categories from Google News to the Reader! Business, Elections, Entertainment, Health, Sci/Tech, Sports, U.S. and World news now stream to my Reader, and it gives me about 5 articles every 5 minutes... Lots of stuff. I woke up to nearly 200 articles this morning. That was new!
But now, in addition to Cap and Google News, I have an RSS feed of forum posts made by Blizzard employees, so I can keep tabs on the latest Blue News. I've also added Slashdot's Games, Politics, and "Your Rights Online" feeds, as well as Digg's Gaming feed. Plus, I have NewsBusters, Colts.com, IMDB, and Major Nelson's blog. (Major Nelson is the nickname for a guy from the Xbox Development team at Microsoft who has a blog, for all you uninitiated gamers.) I'm planning on adding more Digg categories (Politics, of course), and other feeds as I remember them! Needless to say, MystBlogs is not going to be on the list. I don't need to make a habit of hearing the latest whine-fest in realtime. (Although I have to admit that the whole Slackers war going on at Alahmnat's blog was pretty funny to watch.)
If you're interested, Google Reader also lets me share articles I find interesting, and it formats them onto a personalized web page for me to share with anyone I want to. I haven't really started to use it as much as I want to, but here's the link, if you want to give it a look-see: http://www.google.com/reader/shared/14475660581053705508 As I get my Reader more organized, I plan on using this to share articles, so be sure to check it out. I think a classic case of "stupid criminal" is up there right now. Some guy decided to complain to the police station, and he took a stolen car over there to do it... Needless to say, he got caught and arrested.
But anyway! If you have any feeds you want me to keep tabs on (so I can make fun of it write about it if anything interesting comes up), let me know! I want to see how much I can handle before it gets too hard. Right now, I can browse through 200 articles in about 10 minutes, just scanning the headlines and looking for stuff I might find interesting. You know, like how the MSM is trying to maul another Republican candidate for no reason, or what the latest freebie is on Xbox Live.
