Bookmarklets: Instapaper Gets Even Tighter with Google Reader

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Bookmarklets: Instapaper Gets Even Tighter with Google Reader

Is RSS dead in the age of the stream? Not for me. I still use Google Reader a lot. It's how I keep ahead. And while I still believe RSS won't catch on with the mainstream it's still a very important technology to watch. Emerging services like PubSubHubbub will help RSS will get faster and power new real-time services.

If you use RSS chances are you're a news junkie. One of my favorite complementary services is Instapaper, which allows you to save articles for future reading on any mobile device.

Over the weekend Marco Arment posted a killer update to the code that makes it easy to bookmark any article in Google Reader directly off the desktop and/or mobile version. This works faster and better than other solutions. Not only does this save a news item for future reading but Instapaper will also follow the link to the original source too and cache it. You can learn more here.

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Aug 17, 2009

Stijn said...

This commenter read your article through Google Reader. So yes, RSS is still alive.

Aug 17, 2009

Liana said...

Steve, many mahalos! I learned about RSS and Instapaper from you. And, I am completed addicted and daily addict of both. Thanks for always helping me keep my workflow tuned up.

Aug 17, 2009

Steve Rubel said...

Thanks Liana!

Aug 17, 2009