I have seen the term RSS feeds many times and couldn't figure it out. Yes it is an advantage and can probably save lots of wasted time--guilty. And it gets right to what you are looking for quickly.
I was surprised one feature not mentioned. My first subscription was automatic. In my Betty Blogger account I had listed another one of my own blogs (and of course I know what is new there, but a reminder is not all bad) and it came up as one of my subscriptions johnfdavidson.com. I added www.juancole.com as I do read him every morning, but have found he sneaks in new posts at odd times. I took the example of Globe and Mail as I usually check that at least once a day. Then I added Huffington Post--this is one of my most common peaks throughout the day and yet I can't always tell what is old and what is new.
I did find it easy to use, although maybe lucky in that my choices all had feeds. I liked it so much that I bookmarked it to my Diigo account.
That is so great! I love it when people actually find a service useful. I started a google reader account a couple of years ago and didn't use it. But by going through this assignment I've gone back and changed it. I had signed up for things I thought I "should" be reading rather that what I actually wanted to read. Now that I've changed it, I'm sure I'll use it more often. And now that I've read your post, I'm going to go and add the Huffington Post to mine!
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