Honey

If you’re anything like me, you read more than a couple of blogs as often as possible. There are so many amazing people out here in the web-o-sphere who are sharing their experience with anyone who has access, and I don’t want to miss a thing!

One of the reasons I love reading blogs is that I don’t have to go check each web site daily to see the interesting thing my favorite blogger has posted. Instead, I can use an RSS Reader to check all the best blogs for me, aggregate and categorize them, then give me simple access to all the new items.

An RSS Reader is a piece of software, either online or installed on your computer, that is responsible for making your blog reading an enjoyable experience. There are lots of great readers out there, and I encourage you to search the web for the one you like the most.

The RSS Reader I like the most is Google Reader. I like that it’s easy to get to, the mobile interface on my phone is great, and it has a good set of keyboard shortcuts.

It’s pretty easy to get started. Just go to Google Reader and enter your gmail account information. To create a new subscription to follow, just click on Add subscription. You can create categories and organize new feeds accordingly.

Google Reader is smart, too. You can enter a website address (like koencidence.com) and Google Reader will find the feed URL to use when configuring a new subscription.

I’ve made all my Google Reader tags public, so you can take a look at the feeds that I subscribe to. This is also a great way to get started with Google Reader.

• art
• feeling good
• geekery
• information
• portland
• queer
• random goodness

Good luck!