Blogs & RSS readers

OK, so I'm new to blogging but I've been reading some, fairly regularly, for a while.

So, how do you keep up and find out when something new has been posted?

Easiest way is to subscribe to the RSS feed of the blog and use an RSS reader.

I use Google Reader.  Google reader is web-based and, because I use iGoogle as my home page, I see the titles of new posts whenever I start IE.

Two blogs I subscribe to are:

• Brian Kelly's UK Web Focus blog
• Steve Lamb's Security Matters blog

Both Brian and Steve have given excellent presentations at UCISA IT Support Staff Symposiums (Brian in 2007 and Steve in 2005).

Both of these blogs are well worth a look and both have been nominated (in different categories) in the ComputerWeekly.com IT Blog Awards 08.  Voting ends 31/7/08 so, if you want to vote, get your skates on.