Chasing readers
February 11th 2011 02:21
My current job finishes up at the end of next month, and it's likely I'll retire completely, and/or pick up odd jobs as they arise. If that doesn't work out in terms of income, then I'll have to go looking for something extra. I'm hoping that won't be the case.
Anyway, in my current job, I've arranged that Outlook should pick up posts from some twenty different blogs each day and collect them for me to read - which I do each day, and often use them as part of my job as a resource person for my boss.
This to me is an ideal way to read RSS, but I can't do the same thing on gmail, which is what I'd really like to be able to do. Google Reader is fine, and I've made sure all those blogs are showing up there as well at the moment, so that come April 1st I'll still be able to get them all.
However, I have to go looking in order to get the items off Google Reader. With the Outlook approach they come to me. It's not a matter of laziness, but of organisation.
I think it was my geek son who told me about a differnet kind of Reader the other day; one that shows up on your desktop rather than having to be found via Google or some other reader. Of course, I immediately forgot the name, and didn't write it down at the time.
I've just been looking at some alternatives to Google Reader, but most of them still require you to go to them rather than having them come to you.
If anyone knows of a reader that shows up without me having to chase it, let me know...
Anyway, in my current job, I've arranged that Outlook should pick up posts from some twenty different blogs each day and collect them for me to read - which I do each day, and often use them as part of my job as a resource person for my boss.
This to me is an ideal way to read RSS, but I can't do the same thing on gmail, which is what I'd really like to be able to do. Google Reader is fine, and I've made sure all those blogs are showing up there as well at the moment, so that come April 1st I'll still be able to get them all.
However, I have to go looking in order to get the items off Google Reader. With the Outlook approach they come to me. It's not a matter of laziness, but of organisation.
I think it was my geek son who told me about a differnet kind of Reader the other day; one that shows up on your desktop rather than having to be found via Google or some other reader. Of course, I immediately forgot the name, and didn't write it down at the time.
I've just been looking at some alternatives to Google Reader, but most of them still require you to go to them rather than having them come to you.
If anyone knows of a reader that shows up without me having to chase it, let me know...
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