Google Reader, to me, makes web2.0 possible for me. When hearing about people that kept up with many tens of blogs that each had tens of posts a day, I always wondered - how do they find this stuff? There are other questions that pop up after that one is answered (of which you'll see a few below), but for me, finding it was the first mystery.

I started with seeing what my peers were doing. Google Reader let's you not only easily peruse the blogs you want to keep up with, it lets you see what blogs your friends are reading and which ones they have specifically designated as share-worthy. Starting with Chris and Eric's blogs, I quickly spidered off and found others that I am interested in. Here is an excerpt from a Google chat between Chris and me last night:

The time has come for me to get with it and start practicing what Newfangled preaches. I've been hesitant to embrace the new web, but I've wanted to. I just haven't known how to start, and I think that is my angle. I think a lot of people are in my boat. They know this movement is out there, the web is more than just a place to buy things, review products, investigate companies and log in to your corporate webmail account. There are people out there doing a lot more than that, and they seem to be connected in a sort of virtual clique. They seem in the know, and I don't - and that is intimidating and somewhat diffusing.

Despite that, I know I need to get my feet wet, but how?

Fortunately, I am daily in the presence of Eric Holter and Chris Butler. Eric and Chris have embraced the new web movement (I just can't call it that other name...) fully, and they are very free with their information, as any fans of their blogs know.

There are only about 15 of us that get to spend 8-10 hours with Eric and Chris 5 days a week, though. So, I would like to make it my mission to document my coming of age in hopes that this will provide a path for others to use on their own daring forays into the deeper web universe.