I've been using iGoogle for at least a year now. I like it. It keeps all the good stuff at my fingertips...my Gmail, the weather, my NPR feeds, Google Maps, a link to the oh-so-useful dictionary.com and wikipedia. Lately, I've even had my Google Reader report to iGoogle. Everything is in once place! It's great!
I checked out both Topix.net and Syndic8.com. Since I like to read about food, I searched for "food" on both sites. Topix turned up some interesting articles from newspapers in Seattle and Cincinnati about stuffing vs. dressing and Christmas cookies (apparently it's already time to be thinking about which types you'll make this year). I can see how this tool is helpful if you're searching for media coverage on a very specific topic. I don't foresee using it regularly and aside from it being a useful tool at the reference desk or maybe for exhibit/development/education research, I don't see it being too useful to the VHS either.
Syndic8 led me to some interesting blogs about food. I immediately flocked to megnut.com. "Meg" + food = nutmeg = megnut. The writer, also named "Meg", seems to have the same heart ties to my favorite spice and probably for the same reason. I have some friends that still call me Nutmeg...even when I thought I'd gotten rid of most of the nut in my system. Anyway, megnut.com seems interesting so I added the RSS feed to my Google Reader. I hope my counterpart in NYC has interesting things to say, otherwise she's gettin' cut. Again, Syndic8 is an interesting tool and good to know how to use, but I don't think it'll be all that valuable to the VHS.
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I used to read Meg's blog, but she had a baby and hasn't blogged much since. I like food and reading about food, and Meg was fun and interesting to read.
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