Saturday, January 9, 2010

News Reader

In case you haven't figured it out - I'm a firm believer in free applications and software.  Any program I recommend will be free - or I will let you know differently.  I know the term "News Reader" really never drew my interest until recently because I didn't realize just how much more you can use it for other than reading "news".  Here is one of my favourite uses.

If you haven't done so --- set up an RSS reader (Google Reader works well).  Do searches on sites like "Slickdeals.net" for the item you're looking for and then add the search to your reader by clicking on the little orange RSS icon (usually at the bottom of the page) to add this search to your reader.  This also works for Craigslist. I saved a search in the "garage sales" area for my small town - and when someone posts in my town I get it in Reader automatically.  Add as many sites as you wish to your reader.  Just do a search for any subject you're interested in, and look for the little orange RSS feed symbol   .  Your reader will then automatically show you new additions to the site you're watching.  Here are a couple I enjoy - http://zenhabits.net/ and http://lifehacker.com/    Also (if you're like me and always looking for good deals) try:  http://slickdeals.net/  and  woot.  If I lost you above try this "official" quick tour of Google Reader.


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