I’ve never tried to post directly from Google Reader so I’m unsure just exactly what Brent is commenting on here, but I’ll give it a go and use his post as an example/test.
Sent to you by Tracy via Google Reader:
I’m constantly trying to figure out ways to make blogging faster for me. I see so much stuff that I want to share with the eLearning community that its hard to get all my thoughts into blog posts about it all.
I tried the email option from Google Reader which seemed like a great idea at first. I can scan the world and instantly post to my blog all from one spot. PERFECT! That’s what I want to do. But then again…not so perfect.
The Google Reader adds a bunch of stuff to the email and that shows up in my post. Not so good. However, I’m all about the information getting to you…even if it looks a little sloppy.
My biggest problem is in my gut telling me that it just isn’t cool to put another persons ENTIRE blog post into my blog post. Sure the Reader email feature adds the link back and all that stuff, but still…ya know? Very uncomfortable with it!
So, in a pinch under certain circumstances I will post via the gReader email feature. But I’m going to try and avoid it.
What do you think?
Things you can do from here:
- Subscribe to Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development using Google Reader
- Get started using Google Reader to easily keep up with all your favorite sites
Pretty cool, eh? It even has the linkback and identifies the author and all that.
I think just being able to post via an email application is a cool thing too.
I especially enjoy shooting a blog post up from the iPhone. Wow, I love this stuff!!!
One thing I haven’t been able to figure out yet is how to post from my phone. Doesn’t seem like the Canadian network system likes to connect. I know blogger has a tool, but it doesn’t go with our carrier system. Any ideas on this one would be great.