|
|
||
  
   
Hello there! I'm Sister Diane and I have two grand passions: making crafts and making media. That's what I write about here, and sometimes, I get all thoughtful about internet culture and creative small businesses. Thanks for stopping by! Would you like some tea?  
![[Valid RSS]](/valid-rss.png "Validate my RSS feed") |
Video! Google Reader Tricks for Craft Bloggers
Google Reader Tricks for Craft Bloggers from Diane Gilleland on Vimeo. So, lately I’ve been talking to a lot of bloggers, and discovering that many of them don’t know about all the cool things Google Reader can do to help you organize all your crafty blog reading. I freaking love this tool, so I made this little screen-capture video to show you several tricks. It’s like a Masters degree in Google Reader! I hope you find it useful. Happy Weekend, everyone!
 
66 comments to Video! Google Reader Tricks for Craft BloggersLeave a Reply |
|
|
Copyright © 2012 CraftyPod - All Rights Reserved |
||
Just last night, after adding more that 100 crafty blogs in my reader, I was crying out for help. How in the world can one keep up with all this reading and do some crafting and living also…?
Great tips and tricks, some of them new to me, even if I'm using Google reader for some time now.
Thanks.
My goodness, Anka – you added more than 100 blogs at once? Wow. That
is indeed a lot of new material to absorb.
I don't know if you've heard it, but Rachel Klein, who produces the
One Pretty Thing blog, has a lot of tips for keeping up with lots of
craft blogs at once in this podcast: http://www.craftypod.com/2009/11/06/craftypod-1…
Thanks, Diane! this is an awesome little video. using stars & tags & the search function are all new tricks for me that i know will be very helpful. So is the tip about subscribing to your own feed. You rock! : )
Awesome advice! I don't use my Google reader at all, I need to, and now I know how to make it easier.
Thanks for sharing!
~Liz
great tips, just implemented a lot of them. one question. The box in the lower left for “Subscriptions” seems to stay organized for you. the folders at the top, subscriptions in the middle and tags down below. Did you do this manually or is there an option? My folders get mixed in with my tabs and subs and i wondered if there was a quick fix.. thanks! and thanks for the great video!
Try this, Kelly – there's a tiny arrow to the right of the word “Subscriptions.” Click on that, and you'll have some options for re-organizing your subscriptions, folders, and tags.
perfect, i looked everywhere and never clicked on that little arrow. thank you :)
Sure thing! It took me well over a year to discover it myself. :-)
Wow, that was super helpful. I've had a google reader set up for a while and haven't been using. Seemed way too overwhelming. I am totally hooked now that I know all about the cool tagging and search features. Awesome!! Thanks so much for taking the time to help us all out.
Yay! My pleasure, Regina. I'm glad it was helpful.
This was awesome! Just 2 days ago I went thru all my favourites & organized them in Google Reader so this was a nice refresher on using it. Never thought to add my own blog to the reader though, I'm going to do that right now! :D
Awesome, Liz! So glad to be of help!
Awesome, Liz! So glad to be of help!
What a helpful post! Thanks a mill.
this is amazing. thank you so much for sharing! i use gReader every day and i never knew about the usefulness of some of these features! you've simplified my life! :)
Awesome – thank you, Angie! Google Reader totally made my blog-reading life easier. Hope you find the same.