Google Talk / Reader: ZAPPO December 20, 2007
Posted by Steve in Information, Musing, Web2.0.Tags: googletalk googlereader socialnetworking blogs
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This may be the only time that I write about a new product that is only 5 or 6 days old. I can see that the product’s use and review is zapping around the blog world at a rapid pace.
Unfortunately for me, I was NOT a user of Google titles but that could be changing. Google Reader is a nifty RSS feed reader that is free. Too bad it didn’t exist before I purchased my first RSS feed reader, Feed Demon, which is now syncronised with Newsgator. However, it took little or no effort to export from Feed Demon my RSS feeds and import them into Google Reader.
Next I downloaded Google Talk. Registering was a bit of a problem because I insisted on using my main email account, not Gmail and I have no intention of using it excepting in emergencies. It took a little bit of preserverance to get Google Talk operational.
John Pederson (via Twitter) added me to his Friends List within Google Talk. John also Shared a number of his specific blog posts through Google Reader which in turn allows any of his Friends to read the specific Blogs as well. Neat. (Google Reader and Google Talk now interact with each other).
This seems to have a lot of potential and ties a lot of loose ends together into a possible central place. I am confident it will be one of those concepts that will evolve as the months progress.
Certainly, as a result, my social networking contacts are expanding at a good rate globally and the contacts are high calibre. I am learning so many new things from them!
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