Google Reader is really amazing. I keep it up at work and get a live rss view of tons of blogs (which otherwise wouldn’t make it past the network firewalls) and *gasp* Twitter postings. I don’t have much of a reason to enroll and post on Twitter, but I can still subscribe to whomever and follow their posted thoughts which can be very cool if you find the right people, or “Tweeps” as they are called.
On that note, I stumble across tons of things I can star (think, Bookmark) for later postings on my own blog. There will be a large post later with several links I want to share, but in the meantime I think a couple deserved mentioning in their own post.
Neil Gaiman is author of a cool little fiction novel I read in college called Neverwhere (I just now see that it is an adaptation of a BBC series he co-created). He’s a very respected sci-fi writer. I think you will find his blog post Entitlement Issues a fun (and maybe valuable) read.
2) Yes, it’s unrealistic of you to think George is “letting you down”.
Look, this may not be palatable, Gareth, and I keep trying to come up with a better way to put it, but the simplicity of things, at least from my perspective is this:
George R.R. Martin is not your bitch.
Back to Twitter: Wired recently published 100 Geeks You Should Be Following on Twitter. There’s bound to be a name you recognize on the list. I added a ton to my Google Reader’s Twitter folder. A few of note from my subscriptions (most from the list):
- The Kevin Smith
- Dr. Tiki, Lala, and Johnny Johnny of TikibarTV podcast fame.
- Nathan Fillion (for all you Browncoats out there)
- Felicia Day of Dr. Horrible.
- Marc Cuban (I also subscribe to blogmaverick, his blog)
- Trent Reznor
- Grant Imahara and Kira (she’s pregnant!) of Mythbusters.
And a big happy birthday to Nick!
A quick edit: work hours are not spent perusing blogs! For every blog/twitter subscription, I have tons of news feeds going on, including a folder dedicated to several financial news feeds. If you ever want to see my entire list, I can export the OPML file so you can peruse it on your own rss reader.
