A Must Have: Google Reader

Some of you may know about this feature already, but if you don't, or are not using it, you should! It makes blogging life so much easier. You can "subscribe" to the blogs (or websites) you read, and the reader will let you know when a blog has a new post. So, instead of checking friends' blogs randomly to see if they have a new post, the reader tells you when there is a new post. It's kind of like having an e-mail "inbox" for blogs. You can also read the posts and see pics directly from the reader instead of going to the blog itself. It saves a ton of time. Unfortunately, you cannot subscribe to blogs that are set as private (only invited readers can read them), but for all other blogs and websites it works. Go to www.google.com/reader, type in your gmail address and password and start using. It's as easy as that.