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In the Mind of Damond Nollan: Sharing Images, Maps, Videos, and More with Google Reader

Aug 16, 2009

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Today marks day two of my Google Reader exploration. In this entry, I would like to address the question about Google Reader's ability to share more than just text. This is a hot topic on Friendfeed, as well as Reader, so let's dive right in.

Thanks to Vince DeGeorge, Hanna Wiszniewska, Matteo Farber, and the many other inquisitive Google Reader users, we have found that you CAN share images, maps, videos, and even audio clips into your Google Reader stream. While it may not be as intuitive as Friendfeed, it does work.

Get the Note in Reader Bookmarklet
The easiest way to begin is by using Google Reader's 'Note in Reader' bookmarklet. To get, do the following steps:

Visit Google Reader
Click on Your stuff (located on the left hand side)
Once the page loads, you should see the Note in Reader
Drag the Note in Reader button onto your browser toolbar

Sharing
Now that you have the bookmarklet in your browser's toolbar, it is time to start finding interesting content. In many cases, you will want to share blogs and news stories. At most, this means sharing the URL, Title, a ...Read the full article

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