August 16, 2009
Google Reader Tip o’ the Day

Wow, three posts in one morning, I must be bored.  I just found out about a kickass feature that I wish I had known about sooner.  There is a setting for Google Reader that will add a Send To link at the bottom of each post.  They have settings included that are pre-configured for many top sites like twitter, tumblr, facebook, instapaper, etc.  So you check a few check boxes and then you can easily tweet, share, mark for later to your hearts content!  I had been looking for a feature like this for twitter for awhile and it was there all along.  There is also the ability to add a custom link for other services.

If you want to try this out for yourself, just open up google reader and then go to Settings -> Send To.  From there, just select the services you want and they will be available.  It’s that easy.  I found this out because Pinboard had a blog post describing how to create a custom Send To link for google reader.  If you care about my original opinion of Pinboard you can read that post here.