I do a great deal of looking at other blogs as part of a research tool and I find that a good RSS reader is part of the necessity when doing this. I have been using Google's Reader now for about 2 years and I really think it is great. Prior to the Google Reader I have used tools that download blog headlines into Outlook however this is not good when using a computer that is not your own. I have also used a number of readers that you download to your computer however when traveling if I do not have that computer with me I am not able to keep the thread going very easily and again if not using a personal computer this doesn't do me any good either. In using Google's reader I have my list wherever I go and if I am using my laptop versus my desktop I have everything I need at any time. I believe that this works very well.
And while we are in this Cloud Computing thing you should check out Google for a home page away from home.
Speaking of Blogs, go to Microsoft and search "blogs" and you will find a great number of blogs being posted by the developing teams for one piece of software or another. I was out today looking for something on Word and found Ryan Christiansen's blog on Microsoft Word Support Topics and it is quite good. These blogger's do not post on a continual basis so using a RSS reader is a great idea.
WOW - check out Skydrive at Windows Live - this is beginning to look like something very neat. Put up files for synchronizing using various computers, linking to friends (so they can check it out) and online storage. I will write more on this later.
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