Work has been keeping me so busy, I’m having a hard time reading feeds in Google Reader and keeping up with them. Anyone have any good tips with remembering to open Google Reader? I just have a habit of forgetting.
Here are a few stories that I managed to read in Google Reader this week:
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Release Candidate
I read on Lifehacker that Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Release Candidate is now available for those of you who are brave. If it wasn’t for all of the troubles I had on my last computer and how much time I had spent on it to find out it wasn’t going to work right, I would install SP1 RC on my new computer. But, until the final release is out, I’m waiting. I don’t want to risk finding out something doesn’t work right and have to spend even more time trying to fix another computer.
I did hear that SP1 is supposed to speed up Vista a little. But, for someone with a lot of RAM, is it going to be noticeable at all? Vista is already fast for me, so I wonder if I will notice an increase in speed.
Keep in mind, if installing the RC, you will have to uninstall it before installing the final release. So, it might be best to wait.
Nintendo Launches Raincheck Program for the Wii
Because of the Wii shortage, Nintendo is teaming up with GameStop to allow people to pay $249 up front for a Wii. You won’t leave with a Wii, but you can go back to the store and pick it up in January. Might be a tease walking out with a receipt that says you just bought a Wii, but you’ll know that you’ll be back in January to grab your own Wii.
For more about the program and updates, read about it over at Engadget.
Most Popular Windows RSS Reader
This is a perfect topic since I have such a hard time keeping up with Google Reader. Part of that is Google Reader isn’t local. I know Google Reader has an offline feature, but you need to be online to turn it on. Why not just automatically sync with an application every so often? Gmail has IMAP, now Google Reader needs the ability to sync with a feed reader.
I read over at Jeffro2pt0 about FeedDemon which you can sync with NewsGator. I have always been a fan of NewsGator, but this year I became hooked to how easy it is to read feeds in Google Reader and access ’starred’ items. It would be great to access these in a feed reader as well.
FeedDemon seems to have a lot of features. I’m not sure that I want a whole lot of features, which is why I had liked the NewsGator plugin for Outlook. I do like the News Bins feature, which is kind of like starring feed items in Google Reader, but in a different way.
To find out what other features FeedDemon has, read the post on Jeffro2pt0.
Anyone else have a favorite feed reader? Share in the comments.
Saturday, December 15th, 2007 at 3:57 am
I hope you get some downtime soon to get back into the feed reader. I really appreciate you linking to me. If you have any questions about the program, I’d be willing to give it a shot in terms of answering them.
Saturday, December 15th, 2007 at 11:50 pm
Thanks for the offer. I hope to try out FeedDemon sometime, just need the time to do it. I would install it now, but then it might just sit there collecting dust.