How to Read Through Your RSS Feeds Super Fast

I keep track of 100 or so RSS feeds. Generally that means 100+ new posts greet me every morning in Google Reader. That can take a loooong time to work through; so I've developed a very simple, very quick system of working through my RSS Feeds.

Typically I can work through 100 or so posts in 10-15 minutes by using a combination of keyboard shortcuts in Google Reader.

Here are the settings and shortcuts I use:

1. Google Reader launches in the 'All Items' view.
2. Settings show full text of new posts only.
3. Cycle through posts with J/K.
4. Mark posts read with M.
5. Star posts with S.
6. Open a post in a new Firefox tab with V.

Here's my process:

1. Click M to mark post read.
2. If I want to read the post, I Star it with S.
3. Click J to move to the next post.

Now I have all the posts I want to review more closely in my 'Starred Items' section of Google Reader. Everything else is gone.

4. Click on 'Starred Items.'
5. Important: Set my cursor on the Google Reader tab in Firefox.
6. Click S to remove the star on the first post.
7. Click V to open the post in a new tab.
8. Left click the cursor (which is already on the Google Reader tab) to return to Google Reader.
9. Click J to move to the next post.
10. Repeat 6-9 until all posts are launched in new tabs.
11. Read through launched posts, add to Del.icio.us if I want, and close each tab when I'm done.

100 posts. 15 minutes tops.

Anyone have any suggestions to make this faster?

I wish there were a setting that allowed me to stay in Google Reader even when I launch a new tab . . . Anyone know how to do that?

Comments

[david]

looks like you're pretty keen on the keyboard shortcuts, but i just right-click/open in new tab (i guess you could ctrl-t/click) the title of the post and keep going through reader...then read all the open tabs when i'm done.

[Jay Kelly]

Actually that was my original M.O. I switched from that simply because it's quicker for me to avoid moving the mouse. I'm shooting for pure speed! For me it's faster to use V and left click to move back to Google Reader.