by R o b i n ♥
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March 13, 2008

Call it "Current Reads"

April 22, 2008 05:45 PM EDT (Updated: April 22, 2008 07:51 PM EDT)
views: 115 | comments: 41
How do you keep current in Gather? It's not easy is it, there are so many round-a-bout ways. You can keep hundreds of windows, or tabs open so you can (easily) return and answer comments. You can try using the tab system on your home-page (good luck there), you can try searching through your own endless comments on your comments pages, (you'll get tired of that soon enough)

OR:

 You can start a temp folder in your browser favorites, call it "Current Reads" and every time you come across something you think there's a chance you'll return to, bookmark it into your "Current Reads" Folder...

It makes Gather.com a much more organized experience and you tend to actually get back to things of interests to you, instead of always wondering where they were and why there nothing going on...
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Comments: 41

Carol Lloyd Apr 22, 2008, 5:57pm EDT
I use the emails to stay current not Gather per se
becky soccer mom x1 p. Apr 22, 2008, 6:33pm EDT
thanks great idea
Mae w. Apr 22, 2008, 7:50pm EDT
You are just a walking think tank,LMBO. Thanksss good suggestion.
Sharon B. Apr 22, 2008, 7:50pm EDT
thats a great idea
Laura Cushing Apr 22, 2008, 7:54pm EDT
Good idea, Robin!
Steve V. Apr 22, 2008, 7:59pm EDT
Great idea
Steph A. Apr 22, 2008, 8:09pm EDT
That's a good idea. Thanks, Robin!
April H. Apr 22, 2008, 8:14pm EDT
wow. thanksfor the tip
Miss Heidi M. Apr 22, 2008, 8:18pm EDT
that is a good idea.. thank you
Angel sent from God Secret Sisters Apr 22, 2008, 8:27pm EDT
Good idea , I too use emails to keep current ;
R o b i n ♥ Apr 22, 2008, 8:29pm EDT
It is good because I think that both Internet Explorer & Mozilla allow you to right click and delete right there in the folder so you don't need to go into the organizational area to KEEP CURRENT...

I rotate five or six topics through my "Current Reads" folder each day then clear them out in the morning ready for the new day.

It has improved my consistency and there are never blank spots where I am searching around for something to read...
Jan S. Apr 22, 2008, 8:37pm EDT
Good idea. Thanks, Robin.
cindy geee Apr 22, 2008, 8:56pm EDT
Wow, thats pretty organized...
I`ll still have to get use to that if I try it....
Knowing me I`ll probly end up evitaly doing just that...
Thanx Robin for the tip.......
Jay M. Apr 22, 2008, 9:03pm EDT
Done... Did...Dat...
Good Info!
Sophiya S. Apr 22, 2008, 9:36pm EDT
great idea
Mariah H. Coruth Apr 22, 2008, 9:44pm EDT
Robin, that is a wicked good idea! Thanks. I have so "other" things that need orginizing.....LOL ;)
Fern Cohen Apr 22, 2008, 10:17pm EDT
I get emails when someone comments on my content, so i keep up that way!
Glome . . . Apr 22, 2008, 10:18pm EDT
Thanks robin ... sounds like a good idea. What about del.icio.us ? Do any of you use that? I tried to sign up today but even though I keep downloading the program the buttons don't show up on my Windows Inetnet. I'm waiting for a response from them.
Good or bad experiences? Thanks.
♠~Dnbuster~♠ ~. Apr 22, 2008, 10:31pm EDT
Great idea thanks for Sharing

hugs- DN
R o b i n ♥ Apr 22, 2008, 10:36pm EDT
Fern I understand that, I'm talking about when you comment on someone else's articles and if someone answers your comment you will never know unless you re-visit the other persons article.

I'm sorry I should have pointed that out in my article that this is not about your stuff but the stuff of others that you read...

I do not need to put my articles in my "Current Reads" folder because I get emails but I do need to put your articles in the folder so I can easily find them again to stay up with the conversation...
R o b i n ♥ Apr 22, 2008, 10:38pm EDT
Judy isn't "del.icio.us" a blogging service?? I think it is, and I think you would be better off using the Google Blog because it is easier to learn with a better dash board...
R o b i n ♥ Apr 22, 2008, 10:41pm EDT
Heres the URL for blogspot at Google: googleblog.blogspot.com/
R o b i n ♥ Apr 22, 2008, 10:43pm EDT
Or try here: www.blogger.com/
Ann Weaver Hart Apr 22, 2008, 11:11pm EDT
good idea, Robin
Patricia J. Apr 22, 2008, 11:13pm EDT
That was good advice Robin, thanks a lot.
Rosalee S. Apr 22, 2008, 11:36pm EDT
You're various skills never cease to amaze me!
Holly G. Apr 22, 2008, 11:54pm EDT
Not bad Robin...I just might have to do that!
Glome . . . Apr 23, 2008, 12:00am EDT
Oh. I thought it was a service to save the sites we were interested in. Thanks.
I actually just emptied my 'favorites' on Internet Explorer of everything except a Gather folder. Now I can save all my Gathers more easily. I never use it. I have a folder on my desk top with 20 folders in it. I save every interesting site to my desktop and sort into one of the folders all hidden in the one main folder. I think this will work. Thanks for suggestion.
R o b i n ♥ Apr 23, 2008, 12:08am EDT
Judy You are thinking of http://www.addthis.com/ its a free bookmarking service...
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Jerry Kays Apr 23, 2008, 3:00am EDT
I long ago just got in the habit of using separate pieces of paper alongside my PC upon which I jot a brief name of the article writer, then the first couple of words of the title, then the comment number at the time I call it up, and I circle my own comment numbers ... that is all. Then when I call up my comments by me, I can tell if any new activity has taken place ...

I have more than once asked Gather for a better automated way, they say they are working on it ... there may well already be one, but there is much that I am unaware of about the workings of Gather ... I only wish I had some of your talents along these lines.
Ashley B. Apr 23, 2008, 8:16am EDT
Nice tip, I rely on my memory to keep current. I usually remember title,author, and often web address to return to what I feel a need to. It hasn't really failed me yet.
A. F. Stewart Apr 23, 2008, 8:43am EDT
An excellent idea.
Janet Somewhere Up On The Mount Apr 23, 2008, 10:43am EDT
Thanks Robin for sharing this and taking the time out to help others.
I still use "del.icio.us" since Gather had it a long time ago.
amy s. Apr 23, 2008, 1:22pm EDT
very awesome I hope they are wonderful reads
Anya S. Apr 24, 2008, 2:22am EDT
Good tip--thanks, Robin.
John Philipp Apr 24, 2008, 4:12pm EDT
Good idea, Robin.

Thanks.
LaRue B. Apr 24, 2008, 7:37pm EDT
Thanks Robin.
Patti M. Apr 24, 2008, 8:10pm EDT
Thanks Robin, great idea.
Sujata (funnily 'Suji' ) S. Apr 24, 2008, 11:42pm EDT
Greatly thankyou friend !!!

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