If you haven't already done so, please read Google Reader, Part 1. Google Reader is fairly simple to use. Here's a screenshot of my G-Reader homepage: An explanation to the numbered features: All items. This tells you how many unread feeds you have. Starred items. With G-Reader, you can "Star" certain feeds that may be of particular interest for you so that you can easily locate them in the future. Trends. This takes you to your Trends Page, which I will discuss later. Your shared items. G-Reader allows you to "share" items which will then generate a feed of its own (each user gets a unique RSS URL). You can then share this customized RSS feed of your favorite items with your friends. Friends' shared items. Just as you can share your...

(I felt compelled to write this two-part series because I still have daily run-ins with people who have never heard of Google Reader. How? Why? The concept boggles my mind, because G-Reader is my favorite Google App and I can't imagine why any regular web user would NOT use it...