While I have a number of offline applications for viewing RSS feeds and blog subscriptions, the bulk of my feed reading is done through Google Reader.

I could dip in and out during the day and start reading through a variety of blog posts on technology, sports, freelancing, music etc. often getting lost for five minutes here, ten minutes there, ultimately losing a large chunk of time from my day.

Rather than culling feeds or giving up on reading blogs during the day (I do like to stay informed!), I made one simple switch.

I made the switch from expanded view to list view. Rather than spend time scrolling through post after post, the list view in Google Reader (pictured above) allows you to view the latest headlines at a glace. A single click opens the post, a click to close, or use your keyboard shortcuts (e.g. ‘J’ for next post) to read through them.

It reminds me of the good old teletext days (which I still rely on) on the TV but I find I’m able to skim through the latest headlines, star what I want to read based on the title and blog and ditch the rest.

I guess that means you would want to have catchy titles for your blog posts then, wouldn’t it?

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