Thing 2

I have used google reader for a long time and have always been very happy with it. My 2 favorite features are the ability to star things and come back and read them later. The other is that you can set it to not show you articles you have read. It gives you a sense of accomplishment when you have finished glancing over 200 articles and nothing is bold and telling you to read it. I also have it synced to my android phone so that I can view all of my articles and read them. Then it syncs back to my google reader account that I viewed them and marks them off. Perfect!