Post Once, Read Anywhere

In an effort to easily find, subscribe, comment and publish content on the web, I spent a lot of time this weekend trying to find the best online tools and the most efficient way to use them. Here's what I've come up with so far:

Finding, Reading and Sharing Links - Google Reader: I'm already in there for reading my RSS feeds, and with a single click I can share an article (with or without a note) or respond to the shared articles of others. The resulting list of shared items is organized by date, searchable (along with the rest of my feeds), and can be subscribed to by anyone with a gmail account or with a RSS reader. It's also pushed into my Facebook feed, and into the right panel of this blog. Being able to do this from my mobile is a huge benefit too, because it allows me to use short minutes of downtime in the day to stay on top of the volume.

Sharing Short Thoughts - Twitter Facebook App: It's a single posting place that updates my Facebook status, twitter, and this blog. That's pretty cool. It doesn't really let me reply to others though, so once I've made a post I'll usually jump over to actual twitter. It also doesn't work on my mobile, which frustrates me a little, and posting directly on twitter doesn't always seem to make it to my wall. I'm still looking for a better way to do this.

Sharing Long Thoughts - This blog: Not everything fits in 140 characters. I can do this from my mobile, which I like, and this content is easily shared (AddThis button, RSS feeds, email, etc.)

Reading and Commenting: This part is the most fragmented. People share things everywhere - Facebook, Twitter, Delicious, FriendFeed, on their blogs, etc. I use Disqus for comments on this blog to help fix that problem. I like what FriendFeed is doing, but I don't use it much because comments made there are often not pushed back to the content source. It seems like the best way is still to click through to the original post and comment there. So I do.

The Process:

1. Read all my subscriptions in Google Reader. Share links that I like, and add a note about why I'm sharing if necessary. If I really like the article, click through and add a comment. Hope they use Disqus.
2. Read my Facebook feed. Comment/like items.
3. Jump to the Twitter Facebook app. Post a tweet. Scan the feed to see if there's anything in it I want to reply to, and if so jump to twitter.
4. Post a blog entry.

And yes, I've even got the links ordered across my bookmark bar so I just click them in order. ;)