Productivity: Read hundreds of feeds with Google Reader

Uber-blogger Robert Scoble demonstrates how he reads 622 web site feeds per day using Google Reader. (Nausea warning: lots of shaky camera action in video above.) Hackszine summarizes his technique:

Use Google Reader (keyboard commands make browsing faster)Use "all items view" to see the full river of news in chronological orderFilter out potentials in the first pass. Take a top level filter for topic, information density, author, and quality of post. Only articles that make the cut are looked at in more detail.Superhuman abilities help

To become a Scoble-like feed ninja, check out how you can get good with Google Reader. —Gina Trapani

How Scoble reads 622 RSS feeds every morning [Hackszine]


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