I really like the concept of the Google Reader RSS feeds. There are certain sites that I visit often and it can be a real time waster to separate "what's new" from "what's old news". I chose to subscribe to Margaret Wente's column in the Globe and Mail, The CBC Top News Stories and the CBC site called "This I Believe". It was easy to set up these subscriptions.
I notice that this program also allows me to see what my friends are sharing and what's popular etc. My thoughts are that once you get into those aspects you're probably defeating the purpose of the program... lots of time looking at a computer screen and accomplishing little. If my friends have something of interest to share, better they just email me the article directly.
Having said that, I am looking forward to testing the program out at the basic level over the next few days to see where it takes me.
I really appreciate your comments about Google Docs. You are so right that one application can be very good for one thing, but not for another. I agree with you about getting updates from friends. I don't think this is the place for that either! This is meant to be a time saver. I also want to thank you because I'm now going to go and add your subscriptions to mine! These are exactly the type of sites I like to keep up with.
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