Although I’ve written a brief guide to googld reader in the past, I’ve created a quick screencast, showing off only the basic features. This is my first screencast, so please feel free to comment/critique in the comments! I’d love to know what can be done better.
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This post was suggested by Jerry. Thanks for the idea Jerry! Feel free to shoot your ideas to posts@justanasterisk.com.
Google Reader is a product for reading RSS feeds. What is an RSS feed? Only a brilliant tool for reducing today’s information overload into bite sized morsels! RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication (learn more here). It’s simple, because it takes complicated site updates and gives you a pretty text version. Read more »
I received a Kindle 2 for Christmas – or rather 2 and ½ months later, when Amazon announced its second reading device, updated my order and shipped. If you’ve never heard of the kindle, check out this quick video introduction.
There has been a flurry of articles recently by new kindle owners, desperate to reinforce the permanence of paper and to cynically point out that the new Kindle still isn’t perfect. The Just an Asterisk perspective? Well the first thing I downloaded to read was Malcolm Gladwell’s new book “Outliers”, in which he describes an outlaw that was “just dumb enough to be fearless, just bright enough to be dangerous and a dead shot”. I think we can describe the Kindle with the same terms. Read more »
