Scott Watermasysk's post on Bluedot was the first I had heard of the service. And, as with most services that show potential, I quickly signed up to give it a try. However, unlike other services I've signed up for, a week later I am still actively using Bluedot.
What has made me such a happy customer? Well, I've found that Bluedot is a service that actually saves time and simplifies my web experience. RSS feeds are great but I often find them to be information overload. With Bluedot, you can see what your friends have found interesting from a given feed rather then sifting through the whole thing yourself. This works out pretty well considering that I probably don't read the exact same feeds or web content that my friends do and visa versa. Thus, changing my entire web browsing behavior; instead of going directly to my feed reader to catch up on news and information, I go to Bluedot first.
Now, there was one complaint I had about using both Bluedot and Google Reader. Anytime I wanted to dot a post, I would have to open it in a new browser window and click the Bluedot button... until I read how to dot your feeds on the Bluedot blog.
You see, Google Reader has this nice feature to quickly share an item. The difference from Bluedot is that the items you share are not aggregated with the ones your friends share. The post from Bluedot shows exactly how to fix this problem. I can now use the share button in Google Reader to dot items.
Thanks, Bluedot, for making my life on the web just a little easier.