britg

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Anyone else ‘hitting the j’ the first thing in the morning, also?  Ahahaha sometimes I just crack myself up.  But  no seriously - my google reader feed list has gotten so large and updates so often that I have to speed through them to stay current. I don’t think I even read by 2 or 3 of the articles on a given day but I read enough headlines to get a good overall feel for what’s going on. Maybe that’s a good thing?

So how do I attack my feeds? Well, I’ve set google reader to default to the ‘All Feeds’ page, so I open up the reader and just start ‘hitting the j’ (’j’ is the hotkey for next item) - get it, eh? I barely get done reading the headline of the feed before I hit ‘j’ again keeping a rapid clip through usually 500-800 articles in the morning.  Then I’ll attack it again a few times throughout the day.

I only stop and read if the title pops out at me - or, and I can’t help it, but it’s true - I see a picture that pops out. I wasn’t one of those kids that just skimmed through books only looking at the pictures, but hey I guess that’s a lesson if you want people to read your feed.  Either come up with a damn good title or include an eye catching picture of some sort.

So who’s with me waking and baking with google reader in the morning?