I just had a chance to read up on all the awesome new social features that Google Reader has added, and I am very pleased. I am a very avid Google Reader user. I keep track of 244 news feeds, from which Reader tells me I have read (or glanced at) almost 2500 items over the past 30 days. It is by far my #1 source for news.

I’ve always shared the news I’ve found through reader. Friends of mine have probably become accustomed to received random links to news stories that I thought they would be interested in on a regular basis. I have it linked up with my facebook account, so all of my “shared” items are posted to my wall. Therefore, I am all the more happy that they’ve enhanced the service to include a more robust internal system for sharing the items you like with your friends.

If you’re interested in all of the awesome stuff that I read and share then follow my shared items feed.