RSS

RSS is actually a really simple system of sharing info from other sites and transfering it to others. With Google reader I'm able to access my facebook, youtube and other fun sites I view often.
With Google reader I'm able to add pages in three different ways. First, I could manually search for blogs that interest me and subscribe to them. Also I can go to say facebook and put in my settings that I'd like my facebook account to link with my google reader. Thisd allows me to see my friends updates and status changes without leaving google. Alternatively I could first add the subscribe address to my bookmark (or favourites) tab and once I'm on a blag or site that I enjoy and would like to keep updated with I could go to my favourites and click on the subscribe link and that'll automatically add the feed to my reader.
I could see this being useful in the case that you find a blog or site you really enjoy but can't remember the link to in the future, so you add it to your reader to keep it right there where you can always find it. Although it just seems a lot easier to just go to your facebook or youtube or what ever you like instead of going through the process of adding it to your reader. Then again it's like creating your own page of favourites. You won't have to travel around to see everything you like when you can just go onto your reader and view it from there.
Overall, I don't see this a way to read my interests day to day. This is only because it's not often that I sign into my google account and I just find it easier to go onto my facebook and youtube seperately. I realize some of my friends really like this aspect of google, having all their interests on one page but personally it's just not my favourite way to get all my information. The only way i can see this being really useful is if my facebook or youtube for some reason cease to work and all that is functioning on the internet is my google account.
thanks for reading,
-Paige