How did you get to this blog - did you type http://judahgabriel.blogspot.com into your address bar?
If you did, you’re doing it wrong.
I know many of you fine blog readers are not technologically inclined – most religious people are behind the curve – so let me show you a little tech secret that will save you lots of time and energy.
Thanks to a cool technology called real simple syndication (RSS), you don’t have to visit this blog, or any other blog, to read it. That means you don’t have to type in the address of every blog you read.
Isn’t that a nice idea?
Let me show you how to do it. All you have to do is 4 simple steps, and you’re all set for easy blog reading forever:
- Go to Google Reader. Create an account if you don’t have one yet.
- Click the “Add Subscription” button:
- Type in the blog you want to subscribe to:
- Click the Add button.
Congratulations, you’ve subscribed to the RSS feed for this blog! What’s so great about that, you ask?
Behold, the magic:
Notice it shows me I have 1 unread blog post on the Kineti blog. Clicking that shows me the new blog post right there in the reading pane!
The old way of doing it sucked: you had to visit 10 different sites to read the 10 blogs you follow. The new way rocks: from now on, go to google.com/reader, and all the blogs you follow will show up there automatically. Beautiful, easy, fast.
Not only does it save you time, but it also lets you read more blogs – currently I subscribe to over 130 blogs. No way I could do this without the aid of Google Reader; this technique lets you follow more blogs without wasting time.
And it’s not just for blogs: this works for news sites like CNN, retailers like Amazon best-sellers, even your Facebook friends feed. In fact, anywhere you see the RSS feed icon is a sure bet:
See that icon? It means “this site works in RSS readers like Google Reader”.
Enjoy your new and improved blog reading experience, fine blog readers. 
p.s. If you’re really feeling adventurous, try out the free RSS Bandit app. It’s a desktop app, like Outlook or iTunes, that runs on your computer and notifies you when new blog posts show up. With this technique, you don’t even need to open your web browser – just launch RSS Bandit and read blogs from the comfort of your desktop.