My iGoogle Page
This is a capture of my current iGoogle Page. We talked about iGoogle a little last year when the new name surfaced. Today I want to share with you how iGoogle and some cool add-ons like Google Reader can be used to make you more productive. The following list helps you understand a few things I am doing with my iGoogle page.
A - I track the weather in the two cities I spend most of my time: Goose Creek, SC and Washington, DC
B - I track the feed of a group blog that I manage (GrowingKids.org)
C - I track current events
D - I track the feed of Simply Recipes my 2nd favorite food blog
E - Google Reader copy #1 tracks Information Security related feeds that have been placed in my Security folder.
F - Google Reader copy #2 tracks blogs that I placed in my General folder.
You will also note that I use multiple tabs. The BLOG Watch tab is a post for another day. There I track blogs using custom feeds created mainly from Google Blog Searches.
I want to offer a few more comments on the multiple copies of Google Reader found on my iGoogle page. You can add multiple copies or you can switch between folders using the pull-down on one of the readers. Using Google Reader in this way allows for a quick view of a hot subject (folder). For instance, I subscribe to several dozen blogs in my general folder. It is pretty easy for a high priority topic related network security to get lost in the midst of dozens of other posts in a general category. The security folder for me allows for a focus on blogs and new sites that provide RSS feeds related to information security. These RSS feeds are related to announcements on the release of patches from vendors like Cisco, Microsoft, Red Hat, and Oracle to address security vulnerabilities.
