First off, I did not “mark all as read,” I still want to read a number of these items but as the graphic below shows I am a bit behind on my reading . . .

There was a feature released just about a week ago for folks just like me and you may have missed it as there was no big “splash” about it – the ability to mark items as read by their age via the a drop down menu.

As you can see there are a few options and depending on how much you are willing to just let go you can select from a day old to a couple of weeks old (the selection I opted for) and then you just need to confirm it:

As you can see below I was able to clear 440 items using this and while I continue to read through my backlog of items I will continue to use this feature to also whittle off the other end – the one time burning the candle at both ends is a good thing.

How do you manage your backlog of RSS items?  Sound off in the comments or follow me on Twitter, http://twitter.com/scotnewbury, and send me a tweet!

Admit it, you’re on twitter quite a bit during the day (okay, during the night too). I’m also willing to bet that you have more than a few folks you like to follow but unless you’re online when they are you’re probably missing out on what they’re tweeting about – it’s time to stop missing those tweets by using the twitter’s RSS feed.

Now most folks are familiar with using RSS to follow their favorite blog but what most folks miss is the RSS feed button right below the pictures of all the folks that person is following.

All you need to do is click on that little orange icon to add that twitter’s tweets to your RSS reader of choice.

Once you’ve done that you won’t have to worry about missing out on something they’d tweeted about, even when you’re not logged in yourself.

For those that are worried about productivity by adding these RSS feeds to your reader you can effectively follow along without feeling the need to tweet back right away, retweet something or get caught up in reading the ‘all friends’ stream (and you know you do).

Do you use RSS feeds to follow your favorite twitters? Post in the comments and share.

Be sure to follow me on twitter at http://twitter.com/scotnewbury