Bookmarklets: Instapaper Gets Even Tighter with Google Reader

Is RSS dead in the age of the stream? Not for me. I still use Google Reader a lot. It's how I keep ahead. And while I still believe RSS won't catch on with the mainstream it's still a very important technology to watch. Emerging services like PubSubHubbub will help RSS will get faster and power new real-time services.

If you use RSS chances are you're a news junkie. One of my favorite complementary services is Instapaper, which allows you to save articles for future reading on any mobile device.

Over the weekend Marco Arment posted a killer update to the code that makes it easy to bookmark any article in Google Reader directly off the desktop and/or mobile version. This works faster and better than other solutions. Not only does this save a news item for future reading but Instapaper will also follow the link to the original source too and cache it. You can learn more here.

Comments

[Stijn]

This commenter read your article through Google Reader. So yes, RSS is still alive.

[Liana]

Steve, many mahalos! I learned about RSS and Instapaper from you. And, I am completed addicted and daily addict of both. Thanks for always helping me keep my workflow tuned up.

[Steve Rubel]

Thanks Liana!

[Eric Johnson]

Go, Marco! The new bookmark is a tremendous improvement for going from GReader -> Instapaper

[Julio Ojeda-Zapata]

You can also save to Instapaper in NetNewsWire, which now works with Google Reader.

[Robert Mattar]

Quick question re the update, the bookmarklet refuses to save from Google Reader on the web or iphone - did anyone else experience this?