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Keeping Up With Technology

So many information and so little time. That is our world today. If you are still manually typing in the URL for each website that you visit regularly or going into your bookmark to access the URLs, this tutorial is for you.

In this video I demonstrated how I use Google Reader to keep up with all of my favorite websites. Keep in mind that there are other applications (Outlook, Sage, Yahoo, etc.) that can read an RSS feed but since I already have a Google account and I like having my daily reads available to me from any computer, Google Reader was what I decided to use.

Just FYI, this video is 9 minutes long :)

Blogging 101

If you watched the video above, you should now have a better understanding on what a blog is.

In summary, or decide to skip and keep reading, in general a blog is an online journal or a place for you to instantaneously publish information or news quickly on to the World Wide Web. There is no special software that you need to purchase on your end. As long as you have a computer, Internet Access, and a web browser, you are good to go.
What do people use blogs for?

Depending on each person’s blog goals, blogs can be used for the following reasons and some are:

1. Self expression
2. Information sharing
3. Community building
4. Marketing
5. A Course
6. Mini discussion board

What are the benefits of blogging?

There are many benefits but what I think is top on my list are:

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